However, before that, no one, including the emperor, asked the Prime Minister's Office to take responsibility for this matter. Because at the time of the incident, it was the beginning of Li Si's succession as prime minister, and the things that were handed over by the old and new prime ministers were complicated enough, and it is understandable that this matter could not be discovered and dealt with in time. Although the Prime Minister's Office was in charge of the government, it was actually Zhisu Neishi, one of the Nine Secretaries, who was directly in charge of the economic affairs of the empire.

Zheng Guo, the history of Su Nei, is a master of river management. It turned out to be a spy from Korea, and in order to use the tired Qin Ji, the king of Han asked Zheng Guo to enter Qin to assist the Qin people in repairing the canal. Originally, when the Koreans were plotting to repair the river channel of Zheng Guo, they deliberately built a waste canal in order to consume the national strength of the Qin State and be unable to invade Korea. As a result, he underestimated Zheng Guo's character, and it took more than ten years to build a canal.

Of course, during the construction of the canal, Zheng Guo's spy identity was revealed, which made Yingzheng furious, so he issued a crazy decree "Eviction Order". Because of the eviction order, Li Si took this opportunity to write the "Expulsion Order", and since then he has risen to the top.

After Zheng Guo built the canal, the saline-alkali land in the Guannai was greatly reduced, and the land yield increased a lot, so this channel was named Zheng Guo Canal. Zheng Guo was also appointed as the governor of Su Neishi as a matter of course, in charge of the world's grain and grass taxes. Deeply respected by the emperor. However, because of last year's grain and grass incident, he resigned and resigned from his position. According to the usual practice, there are already ministers who are responsible for this matter, and the matter can already be over, but Zhou Qingchen has no reason for the unspoken rules of the imperial court, and he has led the matter to Li Si, which is really bold and ill-intentioned.

"Prime Minister, what Zhou Yushi said, what do you have to justify?" The emperor frowned, waved his sleeves and retreated Zhou Qingchen, and asked Li Si in a non-yin and non-yang manner.

The back of Li Si's head was cold, he was known for his eloquence, but in the face of Zhou Qingchen's impeachment and the emperor's interrogation, he was inevitably apprehensive. He was not afraid of Zhou Qingchen's impeachment, but in fact, the emperor's interrogation was really terrifying.

In the court, it was the first time for the emperor to speak to him in such a bland and indifferent tone, which was what made him the most nervous. Li Si has been by the emperor's side for nearly 20 years, and in the past 20 years, when he deals with things, he rarely makes his own decisions, and always formulates the best plan to deal with affairs according to the emperor's wishes. Now that the emperor's will has actually been given, at this moment, he has to figure out his intentions and make reasonable moves to cater to the emperor's intentions.

After calming down a little, Li Si's face was flat, and he said: "What Zhou Yushi said is very true. Since this incident happened last year, the Southern Expeditionary Army was once overstretched in food and grass, and almost ran out of food for a time. This is all the fault of the minister, every time the minister thinks, he can't sleep at night, and he is terrified. That is, if Zhou Yushi does not impeach Li Si, Li Si will not be able to escape the blame, please condemn Your Majesty! After speaking, Li Si came out of the queue and bowed to the ground with a sad face. The hair pinned to the crown of hair swayed straight in white flowers, shaking out an indescribable vicissitudes. Seeing this scene, the emperor's heart softened slightly. Secretly said in my heart. Li Si has been giving advice to the court all these years, and he has been thinking about it very much, but if he treats him like this, will it make the courtiers feel cold? Thinking of this, the chill in the emperor's eyes gradually subsided.

There was a dead silence among the ministers.

Li Si's eloquence is well known. If he wants to refute Zhou Qingchen's impeachment, he can list countless reasons to prove his innocence, plus the emperor's favor in him, this is not a big deal. Besides, Zhou Qingchen's impeachment is too far-fetched, even if someone has to be held responsible, it will not be the turn of the prime minister of the dignified empire to be directly responsible!

"Feng Zai, what do you say, what did the prime minister say?" The emperor's face was still as calm as autumn water, and he asked the imperial historian Feng Zai.

Feng Zai secretly shouted bitterness in his heart. He knew that there was a royal history to impeach Li Si, but the emperor asked him to judge, in fact, the emperor put the black cauldron on his head, deliberately making people misunderstand that Zhou Qingchen was instructed by him to do such a thing.

Feng Zai's face was solemn, and he responded: "Your Majesty, the two things that Zhou Qingchen said about the prime minister's dereliction of duty can actually be summarized as one thing, both of which are about the purchase of grain. The minister thought that last year, when I was first established in the Great Qin, there were many complicated things, and the remnants of the Six Kingdoms were extremely cunning and meticulous, and it was difficult for the Heishui Pavilion and the county officials to discover the traitor's attempt for a while, not to mention the prime minister who was thinking about national affairs day and night? The minister thought that the prime minister had nothing to do with the prime minister in this matter. The minister thinks that now it is a big matter to track down the remnants of the Six Kingdoms, and it is a small matter to hold the prime minister accountable. to avoid such things in the future. As for the prime minister, according to my Great Qin Law, he can be fined for half a year as a punishment. ”

When Feng Zai spoke, his words were extremely cautious. There is no excuse between the words.

The Emperor smiled coldly. After thinking for a while, he said, "Feng Zheng is right. The arrest of the remnants of the Six Nations is not the business of the prime minister. But Li Si had also been a court lieutenant for more than ten years before, in charge of the imperial law and security, and he could not escape the blame for this incident. In this way, Li Si will go back to be a court lieutenant for a period of time, when will he catch that group of daring traitors, and when will he come back to be your prime minister. ”

As soon as these words came out, the ministers were in an uproar. This was so childish that many ministers thought the emperor was joking. However, the emperor did not look like a joke, he continued: "In addition to this, the repair of the gallop road from Xianyang to the north is also under the sole responsibility of Meng Tian to send a chapter, saying that the Huns in the north are not very honest, and the repair of this gallop road must be paid attention to. The Emperor's voice was very steady.

"Yes." Li Si heard that the emperor had brought him back to the prototype from one of the prime ministers, and his body was like falling into an ice cave, but when he heard that the emperor asked him to preside over the construction of the galloping road, his heart was a little relieved, knowing that the emperor's favor for him had not diminished much, and he was secretly relieved, but he didn't know why the emperor was doing this. It can only be described as unpredictable.

The emperor continued: "The old prime minister Wang Juan is familiar with government affairs, and the government affairs of the left prime minister will be replaced by him for a period of time, and in addition, Shi Kuilin will also serve as the right prime minister to assist the old prime minister in promoting the new imperial system; The former right prime minister Feng Qujian made another arrangement. Before everyone came to their senses, the emperor made a series of personnel changes. The ministers did not dare to make a sound, the emperor used to appoint ministers, and he would repeatedly discuss with important ministers to come up with the final candidate, but now he is stubborn and makes his own appointment without authorization. This situation is very unusual. Therefore, all the ministers could not touch the emperor's thoughts, and few dared to ask the reason.

When the ministers were shocked and panicked. But there are also people who secretly celebrate with their crowns. These people were the emperor's standing advisory group, scholars and doctors.