The Wei River, also known as the Wei River, is the largest river in the Qin State except for the Yellow River.

Today, the south bank of the Wei River is full of clansmen, generals and servants of Yang Quanjun and the prisoners Feng Xi, Lu Cheng and Han Jie, with a total number of nearly 6,000 people.

Onlookers crowded the north shore of the Why, tiptoeing and stretching their necks, pointing and talking to each other.

Lü Buwei stood in the high stands, his eyes were cold, but his face was filled with the light of a victor.

Since the Shang Dynasty changed the law, Daqin has advocated the law, and the law is strict and heavy.

Yangquan Jun and others colluded with the assassins of the Six Nations to commit assassination, and the crime was confirmed, and they had already committed the capital crime of betraying the enemy and attempting to rebel, and in front of Qin Fa, not only would they die, but also their nine clans would be executed.

After reading out the crimes and verdicts of the prisoners, Lü Buwei got up and walked to the front of the stage and said to the crowd of onlookers: "The crimes committed by the people of Yangquan Jun and Michen are too numerous to write, so you should take them as a warning and set an example!" ”

He immediately grabbed a black order flag, waved it down violently, and said in a loud voice: "Execution!" ”

I saw the cold light of the axe flickering, the broken head rolling, and the people made several mistakes, and the red blood instantly dyed the clear river water red, and the turbulent Wei River became a "blood river".

Where have the onlookers seen such a tragic and bloody scene, one by one involuntarily retreated, and the more timid were frightened and fainted on the spot, this situation is afraid that this scene will accompany them for the rest of their lives, and even in the middle of the night, they may be scared awake.

In the Yangquanjun incident, Lü Buwei naturally became the biggest winner, he expected the enemy to take the lead, not to mention the merit of the thief, the Yangquanjun family was wiped out, and no one in the court dared to compete with him again; Although Lu Gong and Wang Yi were not dead, they were very old, and they were severely injured by this, and I am afraid that they could only be with the bed in the future. Among the Qin army, only Meng Fu has the highest rank and prestige, and Meng Fu is a cronie of his Lu Buwei, so naturally he only obeys his own life......

Looking at the corpses everywhere and the blood-stained river, Lü Buwei was very proud, for so many years, although he was the prime minister in the Qin State, he had always been squeezed out by the important ministers of the Qin State headed by Yangquanjun, and the prime minister's duties were mainly in politics and not in the army, no matter how hard he tried, even if he destroyed the Eastern Zhou Dynasty, he still couldn't touch the army.

Now looking at the entire Qin State, who in the military and political circles would dare to oppose him, Lu Buwei?

In Ganquan Palace, after some clouds and rain, Lu Buwei and Zhao Ji hugged each other tightly.

"Lu Lang, you arranged everything this time." Zhao Ji gently swiped her onion jade finger across Lu Buwei's chest and asked in a coquettish voice.

Lu Buwei smiled proudly, gently scraped Zhao Ji's nose, and said, "I can't hide anything from you, that fool of Yangquan Jun Michen, who thinks that he has a thorough plan and is foolproof, is so bold that he privately contacts the assassins of the Six Nations to assassinate Zheng'er, how can I keep him?" ”

"Mi Chen is a young man and a little brave, when the alien took the position of prime minister from him and gave it to you, he didn't have any trouble except for dissatisfaction, did he eat the bear's heart and leopard's guts this time? How dare you plot to assassinate? Zhao Ji asked curiously.

"He has a thief's heart but not a thief's guts, but he can't stand my constant instigation behind my back, hahaha......" Lu Buwei kissed Zhao Ji's forehead with a big mouth, smiling like a child showing off his candy.

"You egged him on?"

Zhao Ji was puzzled and asked: "You and him have already become inseparable, how can he listen to your instigation?" ”

"If I tell him that he won't listen, but my words are passed on to him through his henchmen, won't he listen?" Lu Buwei said proudly.

In this way, Mi Chen's henchman is actually a spy sent by Lü Buwei, thinking about this, Zhao Ji can't help but be afraid in his heart, in the past, Lü Buwei was just a business wizard with a good way to do business, but now it seems that he not only knows how to do business, but is even more comfortable on the political battlefield, and his conspiracy methods are even more ruthless......

"Now that Zheng'er and I are in Daqin, the only one we can rely on is you."

Zhao Ji gently snuggled on Lu Buwei's chest and said coquettishly: "You have to be kind to our mother." ”

Lu Buwei stroked Zhao Ji's jet-black hair and said, "That's natural." How much you suffered in Handan back then, now I will compensate you a thousand times over. I will give you what I can give you, and I will give you what I can't give you. ”

These words hit Zhao Ji's heart, making her forget for a while the sadness when Lü Buwei gave him away, and also forgot the despair in Lü Buwei's heart when he escaped from Handan with Yingyiren, leaving her and her young Zheng's child......

At this moment, Zhao Ji just wanted to use his charming body to firmly lock Lu Buwei's body and mind, so that he could support and defend himself and Yingzheng without reservation.

Of course, Zhao Ji also knew that after she was now the king of Qin, she would soon become the queen mother of Qin, and it would be a violation of etiquette to steal communication with a minister.

Whenever she feels guilty, she will comfort herself with the deeds of the Empress Dowager Xuan of Great Qin, the affairs of the Empress Dowager Xuan and the King of Yiqu and even the envoys of other countries are known to the world, why can't she be Zhao Ji? Besides, Lu Buwei was originally his first husband, so I am much stronger than Mi Bazi......

After the Yangquanjun incident, there were many nobles and princes and ministers of the Qin State who were implicated, and Lü Buwei exempted all those who were willing to submit to him, and punished those who were unwilling to submit to him for minor crimes, and for a time almost the entire upper echelons of the Qin State fell to Lü Buwei and his party.

The Empress Dowager Huayang is because Yangquan Jun Michen is her own brother, although she has not been held jointly and severally responsible, but her prestige and power have been greatly reduced, perhaps her younger brother was killed to make her disgusted with politics, and the Empress Dowager Huayang has lived in the palace since then and no longer asks about the world.

Lu Gong and Wang Yi, the leading figures in the Qin army, were injured by the so-called "Assassins of the Six Kingdoms", Lu Gong was shot in the shoulder socket, and the injuries were relatively light, and he could basically recover after a year and a half of recuperation.

However, Wang Di's injuries were more serious, and he died of his injuries after returning to Xianyang for three months.

This made everyone in the Qin army mourn themselves, and it also made the people of the six countries all raise their hands to celebrate, and it seems that the process of Qin's eastward exit will finally be suspended for a while.

Gongzi Cheng Cheng is only three years younger than Ying Zheng, and he was originally just a carefree child who did not understand the world, but because Yang Quanjun wanted to support him to replace Ying Zheng, he was inexplicably charged with committing rebellion, Lu Buwei hindered the face of the old clan, and was also worried that the world would poke him in the back, and in the end he was not too embarrassed for this poor child.

In 247 BC, Ying Zheng finally ascended to the throne of Qin with the support of Lü Buwei, and was the king of Qin. Because Yingzheng was still too young to govern in person, the Qin State was temporarily assisted by Zhao Ji and Lü Buwei.

Zhao Ji was named the queen mother, and Lü Buwei still served as the prime minister, and at the same time was called the "middle father" by Ying Zhengzun, and his power and status were unique for a while.

Gongzi Cheng was named Chang'an Jun, and moved to Chang'an County with his mother, Mrs. Xiuli, and was not allowed to enter Xianyang without being summoned.

Qin Xianyang Palace, the Palace of Governance.

Ying Zheng sat on the throne in a royal dress and a crown, the queen mother Zhao Ji was behind her right, and Lü Buwei was in front of her left.

At the beginning of the early dynasty, a group of civil and military people knelt down to bow down, and the mountain shouted "My king is ten thousand years!" ”

The three of Yingzheng in the palace were equivalent to accepting worship together, Yingzheng looked indifferent, and Lu Buwei looked intoxicated.

Xiao Yingzheng didn't care too much about the content of the early dynasty, on the one hand, he didn't understand it very well, and on the other hand, all the decisions came from the mouth of Lü Buwei and the Queen Mother, and he was just acting as an ornament there.

After surviving the boring and boring court meeting, Ying Zheng couldn't wait to return to the study, took off the cumbersome royal clothes, and changed into light regular clothes, Ying Zheng sat behind the desk, put the dragon case on his feet, took the peeled orange offered by the maid, broke off a few petals of orange flesh and threw it into his mouth, chewed it carefully, and his feet swayed from side to side.

Wu Zhanping, who pretended to be an inner servant, retreated from a group of maids and eunuchs, and then walked up to Ying Zheng and shook his head and smiled: "You are the king of Qin now, why don't you sit and eat without eating?" ”

"Even you're making fun of me?" Ying Zheng's little face was cold, and he said vaguely with orange flesh in his mouth.

"What I'm saying is the truth, you are the king of Qin, so naturally you should put on the king's face everywhere." Wu Zhan laughed.

"Hmph, doesn't the king eat the fireworks of the world, and don't have to eat, and pee...... Hahaha...... "Before the words were finished, Yingzheng himself laughed first.

In the blink of an eye, Wu Zhan and Ying Zheng have been together for more than half a year, and during this time, the two have been inseparable from each other, and their relationship with each other is naturally very comparable.

"Besides, I, the King of Qin, am just an ornament, who will take me seriously?" Xiao Yingzheng lost the orange flesh again, looking a little sad.

Wu Zhantan picked up an orange from the plate and carefully peeled it.

"You can't say that, although you are not in power yet, but in terms of law and reason, you are the undisputed king of Great Qin, there is no doubt about this." Wu Zhan divided half of the peeled orange flesh and handed it to Ying Zheng, and put the other half into his mouth.

"Well, this orange is so sweet!"

Ying Zheng chuckled: "You said that I don't look like a king, where do you have the appearance of a chamberlain, haha, believe it or not, I sent you to the pure room and let you be a real eunuch?" ”

"Hey, you're a good kid?"

Wu Zhan rolled up his sleeves to reveal his thick arms, and shouted: "Don't forget that I'm still your boss, if you dare to send me to the clean room, I will dare to beat you believe it or not." ”

"Haha......"

Ying Zheng jumped up from the throne, prepared to run away and said, "You dare, I am now the King of Qin......"

"What's wrong with King Qin, I'm beating King Qin!"

Just when the two were laughing and messing around, the sound of "Xiangbang arrived" suddenly came from outside the door.

Ying Zheng and Wu Zhan hurriedly tidied up their appearance, returned to their respective positions, and pretended to study seriously.

"Squeak!"

The door of the study opened, and Lu Buwei walked in in a hurry, and saw that Ying Zheng was sitting behind the dragon case reading a book, so he pretended to greet him.

"The middle father doesn't have to be polite!"

At this moment, Ying Zheng seemed to have changed people, his face was solemn and calm: "What did the middle father come to teach?" ”

Lu Buwei laughed and said: "Oh, there is nothing particularly important, but seeing that the king left in a hurry as soon as the court meeting ended, the old minister thought that the king had something important." ”

"The middle father has a heart!" Yingzheng still said unhurriedly.

"I wonder what lessons Wang Shang has been studying lately?" Lü Buwei looked at the scroll on the dragon case.

Ying Zheng didn't raise his head and said: "It's nothing more than the words of Confucius and Mencius." ”

"The way of Confucius and Mencius will only be empty talk, too idealistic, in this world of great controversy, the king should learn more imperial skills." Lu Buwei looked very understanding.

Wu Zhan, who was on the side, heard the emperor's art, remembered Li Si, who he had recommended to Yingzheng last time, and hurriedly said: "It's not that the king doesn't want to learn the emperor's art, it's just that no one in this palace is proficient in this science......"

Lü Buwei was very disgusted with the inseparable chamberlain beside Ying Zheng, but he was just a eunuch, what threat could he pose to himself?

"I heard that there are thousands of guests in the Xiangbang Mansion, all of whom are capable people, I don't know if there are talents who are well versed in the art of the emperor, so they can be recommended to the king?" Wu Zhan said seemingly casually.

Lü Buwei originally wanted to reprimand this eunuch for not knowing the rules, but when he said that he wanted to choose one of his disciples to teach King Qin, he immediately thought that this was a good opportunity, a good opportunity to control King Qin.

So Lu Buwei smiled leisurely and said, "The words of the little sixth son's father-in-law are very much in line with me, so I'll go back and see who can take on such a big responsibility." Retire! ”

Only then did Ying Zheng get up and send Lü Buwei out with Wu Zhan.

Seeing Lu Buwei away, Meng Yi happened to walk in, and after a few people closed the door, Meng Yi asked suspiciously: "I just met Lu Xiang, and I was excited to see him, somehow?" ”

Ying Zheng rolled his eyes and said, "You have to ask the little sixth son's father-in-law." ”

"You ......"

Wu Zhan felt disgusted as soon as he heard this title, but with Meng Yi present, he was not easy to attack, so he could only endure it for a while.

"What the hell is going on?" Meng Yi looked at Wu Zhan and asked curiously.

Wu Zhan sighed, and then turned to Ying Zheng and said, "Do you remember Li Si, the person from the Lu Mansion who I recommended to you last time?" ”

"Lis?" Ying Zheng doesn't seem to remember anymore.

Wu Zhan then said: "This Li Si studied under Xunzi, full of talent, especially good at the art of the emperor, if this person helps, we will act more appropriately in the future." ”

After Wu Zhan's reminder, Ying Zheng finally remembered that he had recommended such a person to himself before, but because there was no suitable reason to find Lu Buwei to ask for someone, he had to put the matter on hold.

"Having said that, you also said that this Li Si is a person from the Prime Minister's Mansion, if he enters the palace, won't there be another Lu Buwei's eyes and ears by our side?" Meng Yi said worriedly.

"Your concerns are not unfounded."

"I had a relationship with that Li Si, although this person studied under Xunzi and was full of talent, but because he joined the Lu Mansion too late, and he couldn't get Lu Buwei's attention, he was depressed all day long, and he lived in poverty."

Wu Zhan smiled and said: "But although this person is poor, he has integrity, and his ambition is to be able to assist a generation of virtuous monarchs and build an immortal reputation, so everyone can rest assured." ”

"You only have a one-sided relationship with him, why do you have such an evaluation of this person?" Meng Yi asked puzzled.

"It's just a feeling!"

Wu Zhan smiled slyly and said, "And we have now thrown the problem to Lu Buwei, Lu Buwei naturally has to hurry up and find a suitable person to come, not for anything else, just to bury a chess piece next to King Qin, and he will also try his best." ”

"But what if the person he recommended to me isn't Li Si?" Ying Zheng couldn't help but ask.

"Haha, this is not simple, if it is not Li Si, it means that the person he recommended is not capable enough, we can ask for a replacement because of this, until Li Si is exchanged?" Wu Zhan said with a smile.

Ying Zheng and Meng Yi glanced at each other and said in unison: "You are really a fox!" ”

The three of them immediately fought together, and their feelings for each other naturally went further.

Let's say that Lu Buwei returned to the mansion, and before he drank a sip of hot tea, he asked someone to find a group of henchmen to conspire and discuss.

After a while, the "Three Poisons" and "Three Lu" arrived one after another.

As soon as a few people sat down, they heard Lu Buwei criticize and ask, "Are there any talents in our house who are good at the art of the emperor?" ”

"Emperor's art?" Lu Xi asked suspiciously, "What is the Emperor's Technique?" ”

As soon as these words came out, the "three poisons" on the other side couldn't help but shake their heads and sneer, and Lu Buwei also rolled his eyes, and said with an expression of hatred: "Mr. Motu will tell this guy who doesn't learn and doesn't know what the emperor's art is." ”

Hearing this, Mo Tu got up, stroked the mouse whiskers at the corner of his mouth, and said: "The art of the emperor has existed since ancient times, and the main thing is how to distinguish between right and wrong as an emperor, how to control his subordinates, and how to govern the country. ”

"In today's world, hundreds of schools of thought are contending, who is the most famous emperor?" Lu Buwei asked curiously.

"If you talk about whose emperor's art is the most famous, Mo thinks that Xunzi is the master of all families!" Motu shook his head.

"Xunzi ......"

Lu Buwei thought thoughtfully: "But that Xunzi who was the sacrificial wine of the Jixia School Palace?" ”

"Exactly!"

Motu arched his hand and said: "Although this person is from a family, he advocates rationality and respects the legal system, and his doctrine is very popular with the world. ”

"Xunzi?" Lu Xi screamed, and his voice pierced everyone's eardrums.

Lü Buwei poked his ear with his little finger and said unhappily to the eldest elder of the Lu clan: "What are you calling nonsense if you have nothing to do?" Could it be that you also know Xunzi? ”

"Hehe, I don't know who Xunzi is......" Lu Xi rubbed his hands together and said embarrassedly.

When everyone heard this, they all sneered at him.

But I heard Lu Xi argue strongly: "Although I don't know who Xunzi is, I know Xunzi's students." ”

"Oh?"

As soon as these words came out, they immediately aroused everyone's curiosity.

"What is the surname of the student you know Xunzi? Where are you right now? Lu Buwei was interested and asked urgently.

"Hehe, there is one in our house, he doesn't have much ability on weekdays, but he always says that he is a student of Xunzi......" Lu Xi continued.

"Who is this person?" Lu Buwei got up and grabbed Lu Xi's collar, and asked with twisted facial features.

"That person's name is Li Si, a native of Shangcai in the Chu Kingdom, and he has been in the Prime Minister's Mansion for a year......" Lu Buwei's expression made Lu Xi, who had always been fierce, a little unacceptable.

"Hahaha......"

Lu Buwei smiled and said, "God help me, God help me!" Quick, go and ask this Lees to come and see me. ”

Lu Xi saw that his expression was hideous for a while, and then he looked up to the sky and laughed, and he couldn't help muttering in his heart, I'm afraid that my cousin is not crazy? But for Lü Buwei's order, he still carried out it thoroughly, so he turned around and walked out step by step.

Seeing Lu Xi go out to find someone, Lu Buwei was like an ant on a hot pot, anxious, and couldn't wait to see this Li Si immediately.

The "Mr. Poison" Mo Tu on the side rolled his eyes, and only heard him say thoughtfully: "How could King Qin know that there is such a person as Li Si in our house?" ”

Lu Buwei was stunned for a moment when he heard this, and then said with relief: "How can the king know who Li Si is?" I won't even know he's in my house. The king just wanted to find someone who was good at the art of the emperor so that he could teach him, and let me find it, before that, even I didn't know that there was such a person in the palace, and the king of Qin naturally wouldn't know about it. ”

"I always felt that this matter seemed to be too deliberate...... "Motu was still a little skeptical.

"I'm afraid I'm too worried, sir!"

Lu Buwei picked up the hot tea served by the maid, took a sip, stabilized his mind, and then said: "If you don't have anything else to do, you can go and get busy, I want to talk to this Mr. Li Si alone." ”

After everyone left, Lü Buwei couldn't help but fall into deep thought: Since this Li Si ran thousands of miles from Chu State to my door, all he asked for was money or power, and I Lu Buwei could give him both things, as long as he was willing to listen to me.

As long as he is willing to listen to me, Zheng'er will have more eyes and ears around me from now on, and I can know exactly what he does and says every day, and who he meets. Hahaha, and I can also influence Zheng'er through this Li Si, so that he can gradually change his understanding of me......