After all, this matter cannot be concealed from King Qin.

When Ying Zheng's back was pulled into a lonely stroke by the moonlight and stepped into the palace.

Bai Tao was eating the lotus seeds peeled by Rui'er, and when she saw him coming, she was slightly surprised and said, "Brother Zheng, why are you here?"

Ying Zheng's eyelashes were pressed and he looked at her without saying a word.

Bai Tao stuffed the lotus seeds in his mouth, and as soon as he finished stuffing, he stepped over and grabbed her wrist, his narrow eyes full of light of serious inspection.

Bai Tao was looked at by him, turned around again, and said busily: "I didn't hide anything, I really didn't hide it, don't search it, I don't have any private money."

She opened her mouth again and showed him, "Ah—there's only five lotus seeds hidden in there."

After speaking, she smiled obediently again, her pink cheeks bulging with lotus cores, like a greedy little hamster.

Ying Zheng touched her hair: "How can there be centipedes?"

Rui'er knelt down and cried, "Your Majesty, it was the slave and the maid who neglected to supervise and did not protect the little master, and the slave and maid asked for the guilt."

"It's fine, it's just a centipede." Bai Tao didn't care much and said, "Centipedes and crickets are both insects, they are in the same vein, and there is no difference.

Ying Zheng: "."

Rui'er's eyes were red: "Little master."

Ying Zheng said coldly: "Blasphemy on duty, so that the thieves have a chance to take advantage of it, and all those involved in this matter, whether inside or outside the palace, will be taken down for examination."

White Peach froze.

Aunt Zhao and Uncle Lu had an affair, he turned a blind eye, and the red-haired snake demon caused chaos in the Qin State, and he estimated that he was also full of power, and then cut it off.

He is used to tolerating it, how can he not tolerate a little sand for such a trivial matter.

Still in a daze with white peach, Ying Zheng looked at her: "Peach?"

His facial features are too sharp, especially when giving orders, the power and status above everyone are pushed and pulled to the extreme.

But now when I spoke to her, the majesty was much lessened.

Bai Tao chewed on the lotus seeds, "Well, good. But I'm used to it, so I don't need to be tortured, can I just interrogate me nearby?"

The main reason is that this matter is a miraculous method, and it is not judged by ordinary theory, and I am afraid that the examination is not clear.

Yingzheng is accustomed to obeying: "Yes."

Rui'er looked at Bai Tao with emotion, tears fell, and kowtowed, "Thank you, thank you."

She stepped back.

The side hall of King Qin began to be busy, the palace people cleaned the poisonous snakes, insects and ants in the middle of the night, the wind lanterns lit up for most of the night, and the movement made the whole Xianyang Hall panic, almost sleepless all night.

There were a few stars twinkling in the starry sky, and there were also those who didn't sleep, as well as the guest secretary Li Si, who was far away outside the palace and received the white peach carrier pigeon.

Li Si was originally a native of Shangcai in the Chu State.

At that time, he was just a county official, his words were light, and he was mixed with food and clothing, thinking that this was his unchangeable life.

The turning point occurred when he saw a rat stealing human dung in a dark and dirty corner of the hut, and he also saw him stealing rats in the granary, and he was silent for a long time.

The same is for rats.

The rats in the latrine can only eat feces, while the rats in the grain and grass can eat delicious food.

The same for people.

Why can he only be a small official and be bullied by others, and can't one day rise to the top?

In this way, taking the rat as his ambition and achieving a reputation is Li Si's belief that he instantly nailed to his bones.

With this ethereal and determined belief, he wandered not far away, worshiped under the Confucian master Xunzi, and studied his imperial art diligently.

Finally, when the day of the division came, he came to the head of the Seven Kingdoms - the State of Qin.

But Qin State is not a place where you can relax your mind and be a person as long as you are full of ambition and real talent.

Although any of the Seven Kingdoms was the same, Qin's relatives were particularly powerful, which made him unable to serve the king directly.

Li Si thought about it and tried his best to do things under Lu Buwei.

But Lü Buwei's demeanor is admired by everyone, and he defects to his subordinates, not to mention that he is not a pure Confucian background, which is contrary to Lü Buwei's ruling thoughts.

No matter how Li Si repeatedly uses the trick of seeing the wind and acting in the wind, he is helpless, and he can only feel infinite frustration and hitting a wall.

In terms of talent, how many talented people are there in the Qin State?

In terms of erudition, he is only a halfway monk.

In terms of ability, he is only new to officialdom.

Therefore, being cautious and self-conscious is the most appropriate thing for a student who comes to a foreign country to find a job without background.

But at the same time, Li Si clearly understood that he could not do this for a long time.

Now the undercurrent of Lü Buwei and Jun Shang is surging, which is tantamount to blowing a black storm, in which countless forces are intertwined and rampant underground.

Not only did he have to survive this storm, but he also had to let the young and cold-faced monarch see him at first, so that he would have a chance.

So he set his eyes on the weak point, the little master of the white peach who lived deep in the palace, and arranged his first way out, but he thought it was seamless, but he was recognized so quickly.

Lees clutched the crumpled letter and closed his eyes.

He underestimated the people here, he thought he was smart, but in fact others took him for a fool.

Li Si paced left and right, lifted his robe and sat on top of the desk, hung his wrist and lifted the pen, and quickly put it down.

Unable to find out by himself, he set his eyes on the book on the desk, shook his hand, unfolded it, and the black and white handwriting came into his eyes.

He said word by word: "Yesterday's abyss, today's shallow talk."

Yesterday's abyss, today's talk.

The abyss has come over, and now he sees that the way out is in front of him, do he still have to retreat.

If you take the lead, you will invite trouble, but you can't create an opportunity to take advantage of the fire.

He rat officer Li Si, how can he have no future?

*

Early the next morning, it was soon time to go to court.

Stepping up the white jade steps, Li Si held a fluorene board in his hand, a book knife on his waist, a white pen on his ear, a straight official robe and an official belt on his head, and he was meticulous in his rules.

He walks alone, rather old-fashioned and nonexistent.

Not far away, the gentle and elegant Xiangguo Lu Buwei was surrounded by many officials.

Their faces were covered with a hint of morning light, showing sycophancy and flattery, Lü Buwei's sideburns were gray, and he occasionally sighed, and the other officials talked and laughed to his rhythm.

"Xiangguo, it's early."

"Early, I ate yesterday, and I'll come back another day."

"Sangkook looks really strong."

Lu Buwei didn't speak, only the eye lines in the corners of his eyes were still smiling.

Li Si glanced out of the corner of his eye a few times, and continued to look at the road under his feet, he stepped up one step, and when he went up another section, he felt a little dizzy and drifting for no reason.

If one day, he can have such prosperity and such power, if one day, sitting in the position of prime minister, the person with monstrous power is him.

But now these are not things he can delusional, Li Simai's steps retracted, and he hurriedly collected his heart, and followed the officials of the previous court at the end of the line.

"Long live the king, long live, long live!"

"Long live the king, long live, long live!"

The mountains shouted and the tsunami kowtowed, and then kowtowed, and the cold tone of the young King Qin echoed in the main hall, "All Aiqing is flat."

"Xie Junshang—"

This was the beginning of the early dynasty, and the officials reported their political affairs to the king of Qin in an orderly manner.

But everyone knows that King Qin is still a young man and has not been crowned, and their main purpose is to play to Lü Buwei, who is sitting in the lower left, although he is already half old, but he is like a Mount Tai and is steadily suppressed.

However, the sharp and unruly King Qin above, the occasional remarks already mean that the time for this Mount Tai to suppress is running out.

An ambitious king wants to take power

Whom will be eliminated first?

Li Si thought in his heart, and now he has begun to look forward to the changes in the situation, and the game of the old minister and the young master.

But the first thing he had to solve was the game that the little master in the harem pushed him out.

After finding a gentle stall, Li Si stepped forward with a wat board, "Your Majesty, the minister has something to play."

Before Yingzheng could speak, Lu Buwei was a little surprised by this decent little official who came out of his door, he waved his sleeves, "It's Li Si, tell me, what's going on."

The eyes of all the officials were focused on Li Si.

Li Si lowered his head and watched the inquiring gaze of King Qin above his head, "It's about the boiling and crazy spread in Xianyang City yesterday, saying that Gang Chengjun's granddaughter openly spent three thousand gold on the streets of Xianyang City to buy five dyed white pigeons, but although it is just a small matter, many people are questioning why Gang Chengjun is so profound."

3,000 gold to buy 5,000 white pigeons?

As soon as these words came out, the courtiers who had not heard of this matter were in an uproar.

Gang Chengjun's cheeks trembled, "Foreign Minister Li Si, don't make random arrangements in the court, the old husband and granddaughter are well-behaved and delicate, how can she be this kind of person who throws scorn on the street?"

Lees was unhurried.

He is a thoughtful man who knows how to make mistakes.

In a big country full of crises and strict Qin laws, he had already expected how this older and more irascible Gang Chengjun would react.

He said unhurriedly, "There are so many simple and simple Qin people in Xianyang City, their eyes can see, and their mouths can speak."

"This kind of thing is not something that Li Sijie can fabricate out of thin air."

"It would have been enough to ask Sun to spend a hundred dollars on pigeons, but it would have been three thousand gold."

"Not to mention in Xianyang City, even in the Central Plains City, it is unheard of and unprecedented, and now there are so many poor people in Guanzhong who do not have enough to eat, so Sun's profligacy can be described as chilling."

Gang Chengjun gritted his teeth and scolded in his heart: Thief, your mother, even if Lao Tzu's granddaughter really buys a few pigeons, you little official, dare to manage your grandfather's head?

The ministers looked at each other, their eyes fluttering.

The entanglement of interests between Gang Chengjun and Minister of State Lu Buwei is well understood.

Lü Buwei, who had just come to Qin, was through dealing with Gang Chengjun, and later Gang Chengjun withdrew from the position of prime minister under the nose of the former king.

It's a bit of a business entanglement, so it's normal.

Three thousand gold, for Gang Chengjun, it is a few years of money, but for Gang Chengjun, who is attached to Lu Buwei to engage in business, three thousand gold is just a small amount.

But someone dared to say it openly, and participated in the performance in front of King Qin, and the courtiers looked at each other for a while, and they were already preparing to play the draft.

Ying Zheng asked Gang Chengjun in a cold voice: "Is there such a thing?"

Gang Chengjun can't say no, but he can't just admit it, he glanced at Lu Buwei with his spare eyes, and Lu Buwei just drank tea leisurely.

"Yes! Junshang. But the minister's granddaughter is still young, but that's it."

Gang Chengjun squeezed between his teeth and wanted to say more.

Lu Buwei said, "Ling Sun, I have seen it, it is a little stubborn, but you have to discipline and discipline it well, the three thousand gold is just empty talk, no one has seen it, no one can explain anything, Gang Chengjun, you, don't follow the crowd."

What an old and spicy means!

In just these few words, the most taboo party and private organization of the king of a country are cleanly picked.

Gang Chengjun hurriedly said, "Yes! The courtiers immediately discipline the granddaughter who has not been able to make a gift."

Li Si didn't back down, he solemnly bowed his hand, "The old Qin people are simple and fashionable, but the granddaughter of Gang Chengjun is so big-hearted, which destroys the essence of the old Qin people and makes the old Qin people feel cold in their hearts. This is one of them."

"Second, there are a lot of traders pouring into this Xianyang City, who are selling at prices in Xianyang City, and they are in cahoots with the officials and ravines, wantonly monopolizing, and the oil and water they make are indescribable."

"In the past, the Qin State was in crisis on all sides, relying on the efforts of the whole country and making great efforts

in order to become a first-class power."

"But now that Xianyang City is making money and goods, and officials are in a trap, isn't the whole country in a downturn, isn't it in danger?"

Lu Buwei's face changed slightly.

Other courtiers who couldn't get rid of their wealth and goods were even more scolded in their hearts, and at the same time, they re-typed the manuscript.

Li Si Zhengse: "Third, the embankment of thousands of miles collapsed in the anthill, and the officials can still take the lead like this after that, but I don't know what kind of drunkenness, decadence and decay will be in Xianyang City in the future!"

"When you wait in the prosperous city of Xianyang, what you see is always what you see now, but what about the other people who are suffering in the fields?"

"What's in it for them to monopolize and profligate?!"

"Losing the hearts of the people, do you want the Qin State to end up with the Chen State that perished because of extravagance?"

Li Si bowed down and said sonorously, "Only by taking history as a mirror can we know the gains and losses, today's small things, why can't they contribute to tomorrow's big things, Your Majesty, please be brave Your Majesty, sweep away this kind of extravagant style that corrupts the country and changes customs, and thoroughly investigates and rectifies the rule of officials!"

An official couldn't help but say, "It's not as serious as Li Si said."

"This little thing is just a nonsense of the younger generation, and it is a bit undeserved to be so popular."

"However, over the years, the door of convenience has been opened, and the merchants of the six countries of Shandong have frequently flowed into our Qin country to enjoy themselves, and this kind of atmosphere, the old man can't stand it."

"Yes, Shang Jun has a word. If you are rich, you will be Yin, and if you have lice, you will be weak. The act of governing the country makes the poor rich, the rich poor, the poor rich, the country strong, the rich poor, and the three officials have no lice."

"Your Majesty, now is the time to reward farming, and the people should not be contaminated with this extravagant habit and thus produce lice!" An old minister spoke sonorously.

Others are still on the sidelines.

What is conclusive is that the simplicity of the old Qin people has gradually opened up with the flow of business vehicles, cars and horses, and has been contaminated day after day and year after year, and Xianyang will definitely change dramatically.

Lees was still kneeling.

From Gangcheng Jun's purchase of pigeons, to the current harm of the Qin State.

and then to the rectification of the officials.

Li Si knelt with his back straight, kneeling confidently, his current behavior was certainly regarded as a thorn in the flesh, but he also established his prestige and image in the court.

In the eyes of others, he is a guest secretary who has done his best for the Qin State and has sympathized with the people's feelings.

In the eyes of King Yingzheng of Qin, who was sitting high on the throne of gold and iron, he also seized the opportunity to establish power in Li Si, that is, to gather all the officials and county guards to come and routinely rectify and serve the king's order together.

Ying Zheng said: "Quasi-Li Si, this matter will be taught to you to deal with, be sure to give a good answer to the widow."

As soon as the words fell, Li Si felt a wave of dizziness in his head, and then Qingming after the dizziness.

He was right.

Yes, he gambled not on Lü Buwei's reaction and obstruction, but on the full-fledged King Qin, who couldn't wait to take power.

Li Si bowed: "The minister is fortunate not to be dishonored—"

And the little bishop in the palace gave him the matter of impeaching Chang Yu, Li Si also quietly completed it, and Changxin Hou Chang Yu built a lot of construction in Yongcheng, raised customers, and established a palace.

If it is rectified, it must start with him first.

It not only established his prestige, but also won the reuse of King Qin, and won the trust of the little lord in the palace.

No matter how much risk there is, in front of Li Si, who is stealing the fruits of victory at this moment, it is insignificant.