"Hahaha......" Lu Buwei laughed, "Sure enough, it's a famous family." Wang, Sima Cuo's predecessors are people who are greatly admired by the old ministers, and now his descendants are talented, according to the old ministers' humble opinion, why not reuse Sima Jie, which can be regarded as compensating Sima Jie's predecessors. ”

Ying Zheng didn't expect that Sima Jie would be Sima Cuo's descendant, let alone that Lu Buwei's attitude would be like this, so he simply pushed the boat down the river and said: "Since the middle father has this intention, the widow also thinks that it should be like this, then the middle father thinks that Sima Jie should be given a position." ”

Lü Buwei thought for a moment and said: "Since the king ordered Sima Jie to manage the Wenluo Residence, and gave him the order to compile a general history, then he should be given the post of Taishi."

Sima Jie's expression was slightly nervous, maybe he told his family background, or maybe he heard Lu Buwei's words, and responded in a panic: "How can the subordinate not be able to bear the wrong love between the king and Lu Xiangbang, not to mention that the ancestor has already become a concubine, and the whole family has also concentrated on agriculture and business, so the subordinate does not dare to take on this heavy responsibility."

Ying Zheng waved his hand and said: "Your ability is obvious to all, not to mention it for the time being, just for Sima Cuo's seniors, the widow can't make up for it." I think back then, if it weren't for Sima Cuo's predecessors to destroy Shu, conquer Ba, and destroy Chu, laying down half of the country for Daqin, where would Daqin come from now. The widow felt that compared with Bai Qi's victory in a hundred battles, the strategic layout of Sima Cuo's predecessors was more important to Daqin. ”

This is a very high rating and quite accurate.

Lu Buwei also nodded again and again beside him, and Ying Zheng's views coincided with him.

At that time, it was Sima Cuo who strongly recommended King Qin Huiwen to attack Shu first, and then use Shu as a strategic rear, on the one hand, to enrich the treasury, and on the other hand, to use the geographical advantage to go down the river, so that he destroyed the country of Ba and occupied a large area of Chu, so that he had the current territory of Great Qin. And if King Qin Huiwen listened to Zhang Yi's words and did not attack Shu, then it is really difficult to say what the current Qin State looks like in terms of territory, national strength, military strength, and status among other countries.

Therefore, Ying Zheng's evaluation of Sima is not an exaggeration.

What's more, if there is no Sima Mistake, Bai Qi's talent may not be revealed, and the wars that Bai Qi won are all unknown, just the Battle of Changping, if the Qin State loses to the Zhao State, the consequences will be unimaginable for the Qin people.

When it comes to the ancestors who can be proud enough, Sima Jie's face is full of light.

Ying Zheng said with a smile: "Don't shirk it anymore, even if you are not a famous family, your talent is enough to be qualified for the position of Taishi."

Lu Buwei also responded to the side and said, "Yes, the old man also thinks the same."

Sima Jie hesitated slightly, and said: "The subordinate is not prevaricating, but he just took the liberty of saying that he was born and has not discussed with his father, so he is worried."

"I see." Ying Zheng nodded and said, "It's the negligence of the widow, your father should be present in this matter, and I just happened to inquire about the recent situation of your Sima family in the past few generations, there must be some things that you may not know." ”

"Where is your father now?" Lü Buwei asked.

Since Lu Buwei had investigated Sima Jie, how could he not know who Sima Jie's father was, at least, through Meng Wu's wife, Sima Shi, he could also find out a rough idea, so he would not hesitate to ask Sima Jie's life experience.

Sima Jie looked at Lu Buwei and then at Ying Zheng, as if he was asking for something.

Ying Zheng smiled and said, "Is your father at home, if he is, then let's go find him immediately." ”

Lü Buwei was present, how could Sima Jie have no scruples, but Ying Zheng's hint was obviously not to scruple about Lü Buwei.

Sima Jie nodded slightly, understood what Yingzheng meant, and said bluntly: "Father, he just returned to Xianyang last night, and went out again in the morning, and he didn't say where he went, and I don't know if he came back." ”

Ying Zheng naturally guessed that after Sima Hong came back from Bashu, he implemented the cultivation of grain seeds near Xianyang, and he couldn't help but feel a little moved in his heart.

"Then it's better to go home in the evening, discuss with your father, and then let him come here with you tomorrow, and the widow and Lu Xiangbang will also come tomorrow." Ying Zheng said.

Ying Zheng actually has his own intentions, judging from Lu Buwei's performance, his admiration for Sima Cuo is not fake, and he also values the Sima people very much, why not take this opportunity to also give Sima Hong an official position, and Sima Hong will be much more convenient in the future.

That's right, don't say that Lu Buwei is not from Qin, and his background is not very noble, even if he is a nobleman of Wang Zong, who doesn't want to make friends with famous families, in the intricate officialdom, more support, more strength.

At this time, Lü Buwei said: "That's fine, I have long heard that your father is widely good and has a lot of prestige among the people, and the old man also wants to meet him, if he also has the heart to serve the king, wouldn't it be better." ”

Ying Zheng thought in his heart: Lu Buwei really has this thought, then things will be easy to do.

Looking at Lu Buwei again, his face was full of spring breeze, and a piece of sincerity hung on his face.

Ying Zheng smiled and said, "Then let's decide like this, this is the king's order, don't prevaricate anymore." ”

"The little minister obeys the king's command." Sima Jie bowed his hand and saluted.

Ying Zheng turned around and said to Lu Buwei again: "Father Zhong, in that case, let's come back tomorrow." ”

Lü Buwei asked softly, "The king wants to go back to the palace?" ”

"After the widow came back, he has not visited the Queen Mother, can the middle father go with him?" Ying Zheng said.

"The Queen Mother is there, and it is inconvenient for the old minister to go." Lü Buwei said, "The old minister sent the king back to the palace, and by the way, take a look at the progress of the construction of the ancient Cheng Palace. ”

"If the middle father doesn't say it, the widow will forget about the Gu Cheng Palace." Ying Zheng thought in his heart, "Then let's go to see Gucheng Palace first, and then go to Huayang Palace later." ”

Yingzheng and Lü Buwei went out, and Sima Zhuo sent each other off.

Li Si temporarily replaced Zhao Gao and was guarding the door, and when he saw the three people coming out, he greeted him.

"Let's go, let's go to Gucheng Palace first." Ying Zheng said to Li Si.

Li Si nodded, and walked towards the door after Ying Zheng and Lu Buwei.

Sima Jie sent the three people out of the gate, and dozens of scribes followed behind, and after saluting, he watched Yingzheng and the others get on their horses and go away.

On the way to Gucheng Palace, Ying Zheng asked Lu Buwei and said, "Father Zhong, just now in Wenluo, the widow sees that you cherish Sima Jie a lot." ”

Lu Buwei smiled and said: "Yes, the king understands the old minister, the old minister loves talents, otherwise he would not have recruited so many guests, and in such a short period of time, the Wen Ju is well organized, and his ability must be extraordinary, if there is such a talent in the old minister's mansion, it must be a great blessing." ”

Lü Buwei had something to say.

"If you encounter such a talent again in the future, the widow will punish him to enter the Lu Mansion and help the middle father." Ying Zheng said with a smile.

One sentence directly cut off Lu Buwei's thoughts, and wanted to dig Sima Jie into Lu Fuzhong, thinking beautifully!

Lü Buwei smiled slightly awkwardly and changed the topic: "Actually, even if this Sima Jie is not talented, just because of his background, he is worthy of being rewarded by the king for his high-ranking official position and given him a salary." ”

"Father Zhong, the widow knows something about Sima Cuo's exploits, but it is not exhaustive, it is better for the middle father to tell the widow, is it okay?" Ying Zheng said sincerely.

Lu Buwei stroked his short beard and said with emotion: "Regarding the deeds of Sima Cuo's predecessors, the old minister naturally heard about it, and he must know nothing more than the king, and the old minister just sighed, if there was no Sima Cuo, Great Qin would definitely not be as strong as it is now." ”

It is said that Zhang Yi advocated using troops against Wei and Han to advance to the Central Plains, while Sima Cuo advocated attacking Shu first, so that he could accumulate grain and grass, and then go down the river to attack Ba and Chu. Later, the king's ancestor, King Huiwen, adopted Sima Cuo's strategy, and only then did he have the vast territory of today's Bashu and even the Yingdu of Chu. ”

"Judging from the results alone, if King Huiwen had adopted Zhang Yi's strategy at the beginning, then even if he defeated Wei and Korea at that time, the city-states he occupied must be limited, and the enhancement of Great Qin's national strength was not obvious, and there would often be a tug-of-war. Therefore, in the eyes of the old minister, compared with Shang Ying's reforms, Sima Cuo's exploits are more important to the strategic pattern of Great Qin. ”

Ying Zheng listened carefully to Lu Buwei's analysis, and at the same time kept nodding his head and said, "That's true." ”

Lü Buwei's analysis is indeed in place, and the importance of Bashu to the Qin State today is self-evident.

"It's just helpless." Lu Buwei shook his head with a wry smile and said, "Sima Coo retired early, presumably because he saw through it, he would eventually be implicated by Bai Qi and hide in the world. At that time, the courtiers were also afraid of being implicated and avoided it, so no one dared to pay attention to the movements of the Sima family. Lao Chen also found out that Sima Jie's aunt was the wife of General Mengwu, and only then did he find some clues, and now it seems that perhaps the old General Mengjie and Sima Cuo's descendants have been in contact with each other, and they have also become in-laws. ”

Lü Buwei really traced Sima Jie's background through the Mongolian Mansion, and since Lü Buwei found it, Yingzheng will naturally find it too, but Yingzheng didn't care about Sima Hong and Sima Jie's background at that time, and because the Sima family itself is a big clan, Yingzheng didn't think much about it at all.

Ying Zheng and Lu Buwei were chatting, and before they knew it, they were close to the palace, and on the other side, there was the Gu Cheng Palace.

Because of the proximity to the palace, in order to avoid disturbing Yingzheng and other royal families, the ancient Chenggong could not make too much noise in the process of construction, which undoubtedly increased the difficulty of some construction, so the wood was processed in other places before being transported.

The framework of the Gucheng Palace has been basically completed, and the wall has long enclosed the entire Gucheng Palace, and the construction site cannot be seen from the outside.

The palace gate has not yet been built, but there are sergeants guarding it, and when they saw Yingzheng and Lü Buwei coming here, they all knelt down to salute.

Ying Zheng motioned for the sergeant to get up and walked into the palace gate with Lü Buwei.

The overall area of the ancient Cheng Palace is not very large, although it is specially built for the wedding of Yingzheng, but after all, it is a temporary palace, and it is unknown whether it will be combined with the Xianyang Palace in the future, but from the perspective of time alone, this Gu Cheng Palace can not be compared with the official palace.

Small is a little smaller, but the design of the structure can be described as painstaking, and the layout is quite exquisite.

Lu Wen and Lu Wu greeted him. After seeing the ceremony, he waited for Lu Buwei's questioning.

"How's it going?" Lü Buwei asked.

Lu Wenxian arched his hand and said: "Back to the king, Xiangbang, the general framework has been almost built, and now the interior of the palace can be arranged, but it is ......"

"Just what, there's something to say." Lu Buwei said with some displeasure.

Lu Wu took over and said: "It's just that the preparation time was a little short before, so the preparation of timber is not very sufficient, and now some people have been dispatched to produce timber, and now there are still more than 20 days before the two-month deadline, I am afraid that it will ......."

Lu Wu lowered his head, not daring to look at Lu Buwei's eyes.

Lü Buwei was about to have a seizure, but was stopped by Ying Zheng waving his hand.

"You two don't have to be nervous, the original scheduled time was two months, even if it can't be completed, it doesn't matter, push it back, it just so happened that the widow lost his brother Wang, and he originally planned to postpone it for a while." Ying Zheng said.

When it comes to Cheng Chan, a trace of sadness flashed in Ying Zheng's eyes, after all, he just buried his own brother a few days ago, although from the point of view of etiquette, the rebels are not allowed to be buried in the cemetery, nor can they mourn Dai Xiao, so naturally it has nothing to do with happy events such as weddings, but Ying Zheng no longer regards Cheng Chan as a rebel at this time.

After a slight pause, Ying Zheng continued: "The widow has made arrangements to send most of the top craftsmen in the original Lu Mansion here to build the Gucheng Palace with all their might, and the people left behind in the Jingyao will also burn the pottery or make ornaments for the widow, so that there will be more manpower." ”

"King Xie, we will definitely do our best to build the palace properly." Lu Wen and Lu Wu said in unison as if they were about to be amnestied.