In the two wars between Wuyi Pass and Yingchou Village, the Qin army won a decisive victory, defeating the main forces of Dongou and Minyue, and successfully capturing the king of Minyue. After this war, the Dongou King was desperate and decided to lead the people to surrender. Within a few months of the war, the Qin army connected the two Yue kingdoms of Ou and Minyue, and basically incorporated the land of Ouyue into the territory of the Qin army. Become the Empire's Five Ways Army, the first legion to win a great victory.

The emperor who returned from the northern tour praised General Zhao Tuo for this, and Zhao Tuo was promoted to two levels and a bounty of 100 years. All the combat soldiers will be promoted to the first level, and those who have made meritorious contributions will be rewarded separately. was rewarded by the imperial court, and the morale of the soldiers was greatly boosted.

However, Chen Sheng and the Janissaries who participated in this war and made great contributions, but they were not rewarded. The guards didn't care about the extra rewards, because being the emperor's guards was a great honor in itself. It was their duty to fight the battlefield for the emperor and make such a contribution.

Chen Sheng only felt a little weird. The imperial court implemented the military merit system to the point of being almost harsh. The military merit system is the foundation of the Qin army's courage and good fighting, and he has made great contributions to the imperial court, but he has not received a single reward from the imperial court, and he is secretly surprised in his heart. I don't know if the imperial court will ignore his merits this time because it generously gave him the title of five doctors last time, and afterwards it felt that it was too cheap for him.

Although he doubted in his heart, he did not tell anyone about his doubts.

In the blink of an eye, three months have passed.

The land of Ouyue is basically under the control of the Qin army. Let Meng Yi. To Fusu's surprise, the king of Dongou sold Zhang Liang once in the surrender table, and confessed to the hiding place of the grain and grass that Zhang Liang laboriously transported from all over the Qin State to Don'ou.

Although the Dongou King did not know exactly where the location was, it was able to provide a certain geographical location. According to the map, several large warehouses were found. In these large warehouses, at least more than 3 million stone of grain and grass are placed. This data is not much different from the statistics that have been calculated, which made Meng Yi Fusu happy for a while.

These millions of stones, grains and grass, all of which were purchased by the remnants of the Six Kingdoms, were traced back, and they were undoubtedly funded by the empire's southern expeditionary army, saving the empire a huge amount of military expenditure, and the two of them were so happy that they laughed in their dreams for a few days.

After the joint concert of Meng Yi and Fusu was sent to Xianyang, the last gloom on the emperor's face disappeared. Although Zhang Liang and other traitors were not caught in this case, a large amount of military rations were intercepted for the empire, and the emperor was dissatisfied.

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Night.

Xianyang Palace is still brightly lit. In the emperor's study, the candles were shining brightly, and many eunuchs were running all the way to send the wooden tablets into the study with wooden tablets decorated with strips of cloth. These wooden tablets are all kinds of urgent items that have just been sorted out from the Prime Minister's Mansion and need to be dealt with by the emperor all night.

The study is large, but the space is still cramped. The neat wooden shelves on the four walls are also full of wooden tablets. These wooden shelves are marked with classifications, such as "urgent", "military affairs", such as "war report", "people's livelihood", etc., in addition, there are exclusive wooden shelves belonging to the thirty-six counties of the world, which are placed on them, are presented in various places, and what the emperor has to do every day is to deal with the content placed on the wooden frame. When you get the wooden tablet, maybe the emperor will put a big word "read" on the back, or maybe he will carefully draw a paragraph at the back.

But tonight the Emperor did not bury his head in the various pieces that seemed to be forever reviewed, but quietly leaned on a soft cushion, picked up a cup of tea, and took a sip gently. The tiredness between the eyebrows suddenly disappeared a little. He let out a cloudy breath. An old man sitting opposite him said lightly: "Sir, how should we deal with this situation now?" ”

The people who can sit and drink tea with the emperor in the emperor's imperial study, in today's world, except for the emperor's master, there is no such honor, even the hard-working prime minister Lord Li Si.

Wei Yi's pale sword eyebrows frowned slightly, bowed slightly at the emperor, and responded: "Your Majesty, after returning from Longxi, the information obtained by Heishui Pavilion is not of great value, but combined with the information sent back by Meng Yi and Gongzi, two suspicious people are vaguely pointed out. At this point, Wei Yu stopped talking.

"Xiao Gaozi and Li Si?" The emperor's voice became a little solemn, and at the same time a little murderous. The emperor is wise and unparalleled, and he has long had his own judgment on the recital sent back by Fusu Mengyi. And Meng Yi and Fusu are among the people he trusts the most, and he naturally won't doubt the information sent back by the two.

"Not bad. But most likely, it's just one of them. "Wei Yu didn't have anything taboo. As the commander of the Heishui Pavilion, Wei Yu himself has the obligation to monitor hundreds of officials for the emperor.

"Sir, please." The Emperor bowed slightly. Zhao Gao and Li Si are also his confidants, and he doesn't believe much in his own judgment. These two people, one of whom has followed him since he was a child, knows his joys, sorrows, and sorrows very well, while the other one, who also tried his best to assist his minister when he was young, said that they would collude with the remnants of the Six Kingdoms, and refused to believe it. As a high-ranking official of the empire, a supreme minister, there is no shortage of what they can have, what is the benefit of them colluding with these remnants?

"Your Majesty, among the courts, who can best grasp the latest decisions and dynamics of the imperial court, and who can better grasp your intentions? Except for the prime minister and Lang Zhongling Zhao Gao, who is most familiar with the affairs of the imperial court and greatly influences the political trends of the court, who can have such ability? Wei Yu said bluntly: "Even some of the power of the Black Water Pavilion has been controlled. After being found out by the old ministers, they all committed suicide by poisoning, and there was no way to find useful information. Speaking of this, Wei Yi coughed lightly and said slowly: "It can be seen that their peak is by no means a small person. ”

"What about motivation?" The emperor was calm. What Wei Yi said, Meng Yi has reported many times on the song, and Wei Yi has also found a lot of information. But it couldn't point to Li Si or Zhao Gao. "Why did you consume a huge amount of wealth like this, snap up the imperial military rations, and fund the remnants of the Six Kingdoms? Is it to overthrow my Great Qin? ”

"Your Majesty, this is just a façade." Wei Yu was calmer than the emperor.

"Prime Minister Li Si is a little biased with the eldest son in terms of political views. Lang Zhongling Zhao Gao is the teacher of Hu Hai Gongzi. Wei Yi's voice was still flat. But if you change to another one, you will definitely sweat when you say this.