Although the emperor is so happy, he likes to be famous. But in fact, the emperor favored the former more for interests and reputation. Being able to obtain a large amount of money without raising taxes is a great news for ordinary Qiantou, although it will hinder his reputation.

The five places were finally sold at an average price of 50,000 gold. Among them, the Longxi Wu family was the most prominent, and bought two places at once. However, the Ling family, which is as famous as the Wu family, did not make a bid. Some people questioned that the Ling family's investment in Fujian was too large, and they couldn't afford to make so much money in the short term.

But some people also retorted, saying that the Ling family had a huge income in Fujian, and the reason why this was so was only because the head and young master of the Ling family were all women, and they followed the emperor on patrol, which hindered the etiquette system, so they avoided such an opportunity to be in the limelight.

But in fact, the head of the Ling family, Mrs. Qing's consideration is like this, the emperor doesn't know if he is influenced by Chen Sheng, and he wants to pluck the hair from the body of the big businessman at every turn, although the Ling family is rich, but there is no need to be in the limelight every time. First, it is easy to anger the rich and noble people in Xianyang, and secondly, the emperor thinks about how to put his hand into the money bags of these merchants all year round, and the Ling family can't really stupidly open the money bags and unconditionally flow the hard-earned money into the emperor's pocket.

After the sale of the five places, the Emperor's funds for the expedition became abundant, and the taxes that had been planned to be collected were put aside. Shi Kuilin secretly breathed a sigh of relief at this. He knew that the taxes of the imperial court were really not light, and if the taxes were increased, the lives of the people would inevitably be miserable. Therefore, when he heard Lao Cheng's mercenary approach to the emperor and lashing out at the law of the king of Lile, he remained silent in a rare way. When the doctor Confucian of the Xianyang Academy wrote to the emperor and admonished the emperor to cancel the sale of this ridiculous "escort parade" quota, Kui Lin finally couldn't help but jump out and go crazy in the court. pointed out that because of the war in Lingnan and the north, the empire's taxes had overwhelmed the Qianshou. It is a great thing that there are merchants who share the taxes for the head of the Qian, and it is much more useful than the so-called rules of etiquette.

The emperor was very satisfied with Kui Lin's reaction. But from Kui Lin's unusual behavior, it can be seen that Kui Lin and the old prime minister Wang Juan are no longer on the same front. The officials in the court understood that this was a signal: the old prime minister Wang Juan would soon face a second downfall. This time, I don't think there will be any chance to return to politics......

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The changes in the imperial court, Chen Sheng was not clear. After a few days in Panyu, he had to return to the barracks. At the end of the year, the emperor would customarily promote meritorious generals to knighthood. With Chen Sheng's achievements in the past year, there will inevitably be promotions. If the envoy of the imperial court came to the barracks, but there was no Chen Sheng, it would be a great disrespect. Under Li Zuoche's repeated urging, Chen Sheng had to return early. But he still remembered the old blacksmith's secret method of forging weapons, and refused to leave for a long time, and finally he asked Fan to stay and learn the art. Although Fan Yuan's IQ does not seem to be high, when he is a blacksmith, he is a first-class master. In the past, it took at least a month for the old blacksmith to forge a good sword, but after the powerful and infinitely powerful Fan Jiao helped on the side, the metal was basically tempered clean of impurities in three or four days. This has greatly accelerated the speed of forging swords.

The marriage of Fusu Gongzi was held in Xianyang as scheduled. What reassured the rest of the princes was that the scale of the wedding was not large, and the emperor had no intention of immediately positioning Fusu as the crown prince. Therefore, the princes' wilderness on the throne can still continue. At the same time as the Fusu wedding was carried out, the emperor knighted the generals who had made military achievements in the past year, and Chen Sheng was also among the ranks, from the ninth rank of the fifth doctor, to three levels in one fell swoop, and was the left watch. Among the twentieth rank of the Great Qin Title, the twelfth rank.

As soon as Chen Shengjue came out, the court shook again. Because the coach Ren Huan, who fought hard in Lingnan, was only raised from the right of the fourteenth level, and he was made for the less. Zhao Tuo, who has outstanding military achievements, is also only mentioned by one level, one more title than Chen Sheng, and is the middle one.

However, for the emperor's special favor to Chen Sheng, there was not much opposition from the court officials. From Chen Sheng led the army of Minzhong County into the South China Sea in September, in less than three months, he completely changed the battle situation in Lingnan, and extorted a large amount of military food wealth from Lingnan for the Qin State, which is not counted, together with the Hengpu Pass, which could not be captured for a long time, was also easily obtained in the negotiations between Chen Sheng and the king of Nanyue. It is also a matter of course that the imperial court promoted Chen Sheng to the third-level title as a reward.

But for the student to be knighted and promoted so quickly, Wei Yu didn't think it was a good thing. I wanted to dissuade the emperor and give Chen Sheng a promotion to the first level, but the emperor insisted on his opinion and said: "Chen Sheng has worked hard and made great achievements, and it is natural to be promoted to three knights in a row." ”

Despite this, Wei Yu did not have the slightest joy. Write to Chen Sheng, don't show too much in Lingnan. From the emperor's reward for Chen Sheng, Wei Yu vaguely sensed that the emperor also had a trace of concern about Chen Sheng's influence in Lingnan in central Fujian. That's why he used a great reward to win over Chen Sheng's loyalty. This is a favor to Chen Sheng, and it is also a warning.

Based on this, Wei Yi also suggested that Chen Sheng should give up his plan to pass through Lingnan. Next year, when the emperor returns from his hunting tour, there will inevitably be a round of reshuffle in the imperial court, and there will inevitably be a large number of vacancies in the official positions in the imperial court.

Face the teacher's advice. Chen Sheng was really in trouble. In fact, Chen Sheng also hopes to return to the center of power in Xianyang. Wanting to change the direction of this dynasty and improve it from the bottom up outside, whether it is time or efficiency, is far from enough for Chen Sheng to change too many things. Only by returning to the heart center of the empire can he be of the greatest use.

But he still remembered the last time he was blown away by a tornado, and he saw the old way in a daze. He remembered that Lao Dao told him that no matter what the reason, he could not leave Lingnan and return to Xianyang.

It was a painful choice.

"Lingnan is too small. I can't contain my ambition! Chen Sheng sighed secretly. He knew very well that if he stayed in Minzhong County or southern Fujian, he would ignore anything that happened in the center of the Qin Imperial Court. Even if the world is in turmoil in the future, he can rely on natural danger to support his troops and stand on his own. But...... This is not the future he wants!

"Aren't there three chances? The remaining two, if only they didn't go against the meaning of the weird old way. Chen Sheng secretly comforted himself.