North of Weishui, Xianyang Palace, the center of the Great Qin Empire.

The night was as cold as water, the drizzle outside the hall was slanting, and Fusu, the prince of the prison state, stood in front of the carved railing, stretched out his hand to catch the falling rain, and felt the slight coolness of his fingertips. Tingwei Baili Yi stood behind him, his figure hidden in his shadow, as if he was a part of the shadow.

Fusu was born in the seventh year of Qin Wangzheng, and Baili Yi was born in the ninth year of Qin Wangzheng, two years younger than Fusu.

When Fusu met Bai Li Yi, he was still a child with a hanging bun, and Bai Li Yi was assigned to him by his father. A hundred years have passed like a white horse, and the years have not carved traces on their faces, and the appearance of both of them has stayed in their early thirties, thanks to years of cultivation.

Fifty years ago today, he finally moved the last stumbling block in the path of the Empire.

Fusu's feelings for Li Si are complicated, Li Sigong is in Sheji, is the founding minister of the Great Qin Empire, in his later years, he is determined to lose, but he is greedy for power, and he still can't get in love with the prime minister for 97 years.

He still remembers the "Xunzi" that Li Si taught him to read when he was a child, which has a sentence "Pengsheng is in the hemp, and it is straight without helping; The white sand is in Nirvana, and it is black with it. "These former ministers of the humerus have finally grown into the cancer of the empire, staining the entire court.

Li Si is also a monk, and the monk has a long lifespan and lives far longer than ordinary people.

However, cultivation is not the same as immortality, and the glory and wealth of the world are not purely fleeting.

The lifespan of a monk is often three to five hundred years, and an important minister who has been in power for hundreds of years, his protégés and former officials are all over the government and the opposition, turning his hands into clouds and covering his hands into rain, which can subvert the society in an instant, which is a potential threat to any king. What's more, cultivation requires spiritual roots, and not every monarch is a monk.

In fact, in all dynasties, there were far more monarchs who could not cultivate than those who cultivated. When many monarchs abdicated, they recalled how many years they had abandoned the government because of cultivation, and they were ashamed of the people of Li and the ancestors, reflecting on the gains and losses of the past, and would rather pass on the heirs who had no spiritual roots, so that he could concentrate on governing the country.

This kind of asymmetry in the life span between monarchs and ministers once caused many elders of the four dynasties and five dynasties, and the tail of the power and ministers could not be lost, which aggravated the contradictions between the monarch and the courtiers.

So since three generations, after paying countless painful lessons, there is finally a tacit understanding between the monarch and the minister.

When the courtiers arrive at a certain time, they will take the initiative to ask for the minister, and of course, the monarch will not be stingy with the title reward, and when he says goodbye, he will give a few words of encouragement: "When the country is in danger, the Qing family must respond to the expedition and come out to serve the country." And they all rejoiced.

At the beginning of the crown prince's reign, because Qin continued to expand its territory after unifying the six countries, the territory of the empire expanded tenfold compared with the old Qin period, and the supply lines of the army became longer and longer.

The Great Wall is full of crises inside and outside, the magnates of the six countries are ready to move, and Fusu is worried all day long in the Xianyang Palace, and it is difficult to sleep at night.

In the face of the new situation, it is inevitable to change. However, there was also a lot of disturbance in the court, and the team left by the First Emperor to him, for the ideas put forward by Fusu, they couldn't help but push back on the grounds of the rules set by your Lao Tzu.

The old ministers' elbows everywhere made him annoyed, but he couldn't be ruthless, and he didn't do the ruthless thing of washing the court without blood, so he had to endure it everywhere. finally survived until the death of an old minister, the retreat of retreat, but when he came to Li Si, he broke the rules, pretended to be stupid, and refused to leave.

In Li Si's view, Fusu was only a prisoner of the country, not an emperor. As the prime minister, as long as you don't commit the big crime of rebellion, the emperor can move, but your prince can't move. Besides, everyone is a monk, and you are younger than me, and your exercises are better than mine, so if you live for a long time, I will definitely not be able to fight you, and I will not pose a threat to you at all.

But don't think about it, the seat under your ass is the original sin.

Fusu hinted a few times that it didn't work, and finally couldn't help it, so he found someone to go to Li Si's house to make his words clear.

Li Si couldn't help it, he knew that he had to react. The next day, he brought valuable gifts, met the prince, and swore allegiance to the prince personally.

Based on his years of experience, Li Si believes that his response should be based on the idea. Aren't you worried that the command won't move me, I admit it, can't I listen to you?

And it was this Li Si's response that he thought he was advancing by retreating and was full of political wisdom that made Fusu finally make up his mind.

Fusu can have many more gentle ways to deal with Li Si, and he does not lack wisdom in this regard. But this time, Fusu has run out of patience and decided to show his sharp minions and show the world his thunderous means and the ruthlessness of the emperor.

A few days later, a crazy man broke into the prime minister's mansion with a wooden stick, beat people all the way, and went straight to the study. When Li Si heard the movement, he was about to scold him when he walked out of the study, but he fell to the ground without saying a word, and he stepped forward to be a mess.

Poor generation of famous ministers, who were beaten with a fracture all over his body, and his brain burst out and died. After the madman committed the murder, he abandoned the murder weapon and fled without a trace.

This is the famous "Gang Assault Case". This case is full of suspicions, and the spearhead is directed at the prince of the prison state. Someone with a heart also found traces of the arrangement of the trapped formation at the scene of the crime, indicating that there was a senior formation division at that time. This formation can effectively limit the monk's ability, otherwise the monk Li Sitang would not be beaten by a crazy man and have no power to fight back.

However, these people can only testify freely, and there is no real evidence, so naturally there is no way to help Li Si get justice. This is exactly the effect of Fusu, and when the officials of Li Si's family resigned one after another, all voices were silent.

The imperial court deeply regretted what happened to Li Si, and gave the Li family a bereavement and a rich reward. Later, the Li family moved out of Xianyang City. At this time, not many people cared about it anymore.

It's just that no one knows that on the night of Li Si's death, Fusu knelt for a long night in the direction of the retreat of the first emperor of Lishan.

"You still like to stand in the shadows."

"After so many years, the old minister is used to it."

"Wu Anjun's death, was it really Xiang Yu's doing?" Wu Anjun in Fusu's mouth is looking north to shoot Tianlang Shangli.

In the third year of the Qin calendar, the first emperor passed through Shang Ying's hometown, lamented Shang Ying's contribution to the Qin State, and ordered people to search for the descendants of Shang Jun. Shang Ying was ordered by Qin Huiwen Wang Yingsi to divide the corpses of five horses and behead them all over the house, and it stands to reason that the whole family would have died a long time ago. Maybe God couldn't bear to let Shang Ying die, and he really escaped from a concubine back then. The person sent to investigate spent two full years finding the descendant of the concubine in the old land of Wei and bringing it back to Xianyang, who was Shang Li's great-grandfather.

At that time, Shang Li's great-grandfather was still a teenager, and in order to avoid arrest, the family took the ancestral fief as the surname and changed the surname to Shang.

The young man is very intelligent, and he is not afraid of the emperor, and he answers decently in front of the king. The first emperor was very pleased, and said several times in a row, "Shang Jun has a queen", and now Longyan Dayue ordered Shang Ying to be rehabilitated, and the young man inherited the title of Wu'an Jun.

As for the young man's lineage, he is not a son-in-law, the first emperor has become a constitution, and what he says is the rule, and no one dares to object.

"Wu Anjun was chasing a swordsman named Gao Zimu that day, Xiang Yu is Gao Zimu's brother-in-law, and the weapon used is an iron spear, which is consistent with the wound on Wu Anjun's chest, Xiang Ji is extremely suspicious."

Fusu cupped his forehead and said with a wry smile: "This daughter of the widow is really a headache." ”

"The Lord of the Blue Moon has been practicing martial arts since he was a child, and he has the righteousness of master and apprentice with Wu Anjun. Hearing the news of Wu Anjun's death, it is also human nature to be angry. It's just that this matter has not yet spread in Xianyang City, but I am afraid that the Tianji Palace has leaked the news, and it is the dereliction of duty of the old minister. ”

"Let's look it up." Fusu said lightly.

Tingwei, ranked Jiuqing, is in charge of the prison. Bai Liyi's other identity is to be in charge of the Tianji Hall for Fusu. The Tianji Palace was independent of the Qin court and was only responsible to the crown prince, and was a spy organization established by Fusu himself.

The Great Qin Empire has been peaceful for a long time, but the combat strength of the Qin army has not decreased but increased, relying on constantly provoking local wars in the surrounding areas.

This method also solved the problem of training troops and changing the defense of the army, and was resolutely implemented as a national policy until gluttony appeared, which contained most of Qin's national strength.

In the one hundred and third year of the Qin calendar, the Qin State attacked the Yueshi State. The Qin army was like a bamboo, and Zhaowu City, the capital of the Yue Clan, which was heavily guarded, only lasted for more than half a month.

This local war of the Qin State was simply a war of annihilation for the Yue Clan, which directly led to the westward migration of the Yue Clan.

The triumphant Qin army brought back a very important trophy from the palace of the Yue Clan, Yin Jue.

Appearing in pairs, it is a very special spiritual weapon, as long as a small amount of spirit stone is stimulated, it can establish a connection between the two pieces of sound and transmit sound. There is no way to verify the origin of Yinqi, and it is impossible to say why the captured Yue clan royal family was interrogated. The sound transmission of Yin Qi can span thousands of miles, and it is undoubtedly a militaristic weapon, but it is ridiculous that the Yue clan only collects it in the palace as an interesting gadget.

A few years later, the refining masters of the Qin State finally mastered the refining method of Yinqi, and Fusu ordered that Yinqi be classified as top secret and began to be manufactured in batches, and on this basis, the Tianji Hall was established.

The Heavenly Machine Hall is pervasive, and it is a sharp sword hanging above the heads of the ministers. And because of his secretive behavior, he has been criticized for many years. Baili Yi carried countless pots for Fusu, so that his image in the eyes of the ministers of Qin State was like a devil, and he was pointed out by thousands of people behind his back, which could stop children from crying at night.

Fusu has always felt that he owes something to Baili Yi, but he can't find anyone else to entrust him. The leak of the Heavenly Machine Hall is a big deal, but the target of the leak is the Blue Moon County Lord, so I don't want to dwell too much on this matter.

"Tell Han Shin to come in." Fusu flicked his sleeves, waved off the water droplets on it, and turned to enter the hall.

Han Xin was already waiting outside the palace gate, and after a while, the eunuch led people in. Han Shin knelt on one knee in the main hall and chanted Chitose.

"Get up, it's cold on the ground."

"Your Highness." Han Xinfu lowered his body, bowed to Fusu, and stood up respectfully.

"Han Xin, the widow ordered you to go to the meeting and bring back the Blue Moon County Lord to the widow intact. Also, go and find out whether Xiang Yu has anything to do with Wu Anjun's death, don't act rashly after finding out, and report it to the widow first. ”

"No!"

"What method to use, ignore the outnumbered, and bring whoever you bring, you choose. If there is someone who can't be transferred, tell Tingwei, and he will arrange it for you, go ahead. ”

"The last general commands!" Han Xin saluted, took three steps back, and turned around and walked out of the main hall.

Seeing Han Xin leave, Fusu did not hide the admiration in his eyes, and thought to himself: "This kid seems to like Xi'er very much, and he looks like a match, I don't know what Xi'er's idea is." ”

Turning his head to Bai Liyi, he said, "Hongyuan, speaking of which, you are also Xi'er's master, and when Xi'er comes back, you have to worry more." "Hongyuan is the expression of Baili Yi.

"The old minister is terrified!"

Fusu also said it casually, but he didn't care. "Look at this Han Xin, can it be of great use?"

Bai Li Yi pondered slightly, and replied after considering his words: "This son has great talent, and in time, he may be the commander of an army." It's just that, according to what the old minister saw, Han Xin is still too arrogant, he is respectful and humble on the surface, but he is still arrogant in his bones. ”

"Well, let's see."