Chapter 825: Counterattack
The magnificent and majestic Xianyang City, a gorgeous mansion that has just been renovated.
Relying on the relationship between his father, Li Yuzheng, who had just been promoted to the court lieutenant and supervisor this year, and had a thousand stone ranks, walked forward.
He walked to a small pavilion with a four-cornered roof by the water, and saw Li Si sitting high in the pavilion, squinting at the fish in the pool, and a pot of wine on the table in front of him.
"I've seen my father."
Li Yu stepped forward to salute.
Li Si nodded, motioned for him to enter the pavilion and sit down, and the little maid in Tsing Yi standing next to him immediately stepped forward to pour wine.
Li Yu turned his head to look around, only to see that the rockery pool set off each other, the scenery is beautiful, the pink walls and tiles in the distance show a kind of nobility, coupled with the huge area, such a mansion is much better than the old Li mansion in the past.
"Father, it seems that the emperor really believes in you, otherwise he would not have given such a mansion, I don't think Prime Minister Wang's family is so magnificent, living in this must be very comfortable."
Li Yu couldn't help but sigh.
It's a pity that he has moved out since he married the daughter of the Feng family, and he lives in a small mansion by himself, and he can no longer enjoy the scenery of such a high-ranking mansion.
Li Si smiled and waved his hand to tell the servant girls standing around him to stand back.
"You must know that the mansion compound is nothing but something attached to power, and the emperor gave me this mansion because I am in a high position as prime minister and have the ability to govern Daqin for him. If I don't have the ability and the right position, how can I enjoy such a mansion. ”
Li Yu nodded, glanced around, and after seeing that those maids had indeed gone away, he lowered his voice and smiled: "So my father and Prime Minister Wang Cheng wrote a letter suggesting that 100,000 Qin people be relocated to Lingnan, just to hold Zhao Tuo?" After all, the emperor said in front of all the ministers that when Zhao Tuo came back, he would let him rule the world. If he stayed in Lingnan for a few more years, and was infected with the Yuedi Water Gu like Feng Wuxue, and died there, wouldn't there be no such hidden danger. ”
Hearing this, Li Si glared at him: "Your eyes can only see this, it's really useless." Even if Zhao Tuo comes back, the emperor really makes him the prime minister, how do you know that you don't let Wang Juan go down? ”
Li Yu said with a smile: "That's natural, if one of the two phases is different, it must be him who will go down." His father is the emperor's heart, and it is impossible for him to be replaced by Zhao Tuo. ”
Li Si snorted, picked up the wine glass and took a sip, and then said: "This is a strategy to shoot three birds with one arrow, and you can get three benefits." What you just said is only one of the birds, but what are the other two? ”
Li Yu frowned and said, "In addition to delaying Zhao Tuo's return to Xianyang, it can be exempted from Zhao Tuo's threat." I know that this strategy can also use the convicts and criminals of the Central Plains, as well as sons-in-law, businessmen and other lowly people to enrich Lingnan, which can not only get rid of the lice of the country, but also take Lingnan as their own as soon as possible. ”
"Those Yue people are capricious, how can the land that my Great Qin finally defeated be handed over to these barbarians to govern by themselves. The name of the county is actually like a vassal, so it doesn't mean much. Or fill it with the Qin people, and make it a county that is really under the emperor's governance is the avenue, father, I think the emperor must like this in his heart. ”
Li Si bowed.
In the eyes of the Legalists, criminals, and lowly sons-in-law and merchants, they are like lice that grow on people, and they are not a good thing, and they want to get rid of them whenever they have the opportunity.
The exile of prisoners to the frontier is a common thing for the Qin state, when Chang Yu rebelled, after the Qin Wangzheng exiled the guilty more than 4,000 families to Shu.
This time, taking advantage of the opportunity of Li Xinqing to suppress the anti-thieves in the Kwantung region and sentence thousands of people to prison, Li Si took this opportunity to propose that these prisoners and the "lice" from various counties and counties should migrate to Lingnan together, which could not only clean up the "lice infestation" in the Central Plains, but also assimilate Lingnan by the trend, so that the other place could truly become Qin soil.
The First Emperor's personality was already domineering and impatient.
Previously, Zhao Tuo discussed with him the strategy of implementing local official autonomy in Lingnan and slowly digesting it by the Qin State, which the First Emperor didn't like very much, because this was not his style.
What the emperor wanted was actual rule after conquest, and when he decreed it, all the people of the world bowed down.
It's just that Tu Sui and Feng Wuxue had just fought a big defeat at that time, and Zhao Tuo needed to preside over the Lingnan war, so he, the king, could only pinch his nose and agree, and his heart was twisted and pinched, reluctantly.
But now the situation is different, the land of Baiyue has been conquered by the Qin army, and Wang Juan and Li Si have raised the matter, and they also explained various benefits, which made the emperor very moved, and after a little thought, he pushed the boat down the river.
On Zhao Tuo's side, he has his own additional compensation rewards, and I believe that the other party will be satisfied when the time comes.
As for those soldiers who have been on the southern expedition for several years, except for some of them who will be rotated, the rest of them who continue to defend can only be aggrieved.
After all, in the emperor's eyes, those soldiers, including the criminals who were relocated this time, and the capital of Qian, were just some numbers written on paper, and everything was only for the service of his great empire.
Because the matter of the migrants filling in Lingnan was in line with the emperor's wishes, and on the surface, it seemed to be beneficial to the country, so the emperor soon issued an edict and began to implement it.
The counties in the eastern part of the country have begun to count the lists of prisoners, criminals, sons-in-law, merchants, and others, and Zhao Tuo, the commander of the Southern Expeditionary Army, has also received an order to help with the placement.
Clean up lice infestation and assimilate Lingnan.
It was the second bird that Lees's arrow shot down, a bird that he thought would be beneficial to the country.
After Li Yu finished speaking, he frowned and thought for a while, and said to Li Si: "I know the first two birds, but what is your third bird?" But I don't understand, is this matter any good for my Li family, or for this Qin country? ”
When Li Si heard this, he first cautiously glanced around again, and after confirming that the environment was safe, he said in a low voice: "The emperor may be dying." ”
"Shhh
Li Yu was shocked and kept inhaling cool air.
Li Si's expression was calm until Li Yu calmed down.
"Father, the emperor is dying? That's a big deal! Once the mountain collapses, the crown prince will definitely succeed to the throne, and our Li clan will be developed. ”
Li Yu's eyes were filled with excitement.
Li Si said in a deep voice: "Yes, I don't dare to find out about the emperor's specific condition. But he has not been to the court for a long time, I have entered the palace several times to report state affairs, and I saw that his face was not good, and it was difficult to sit still, and I am afraid that it will be in the past two years. It's just that the emperor died evilly, and the doctor attendants didn't dare to say much, let alone spread it to the outside world, and Zhao Tuo, who was far away in Baiyue, definitely didn't know. So you know the true meaning of my arrow, right? ”
"I understand, my father is really wise!"
Li Yu said excitedly: "The emperor is about to collapse, and Zhao Tuo is trapped in Lingnan because of the migration, so the minister of the auxiliary country must be the same as his father." Assisting the crown prince to ascend the throne, stabilizing state affairs, coupled with the relationship between in-laws, even if Zhao Tuo returns in the future, he will not be able to shake his father's position. ”
"And I think that Zhao Tuo may also get sick in Baiyue, and finally fall into the fate of Wu Xinhou, so that my Li clan has no rival in the Qin State, and will become the first family of Great Qin!"
Li Si glanced at his son's excited appearance, but there was no joy in his eyes.
He looked up at the sky and saw that it was afternoon, the sun was setting in the west, and there was a faint sadness on his face.
"The sun is going to set after all."
Shooting three birds with one arrow, Li Si's plan is naturally good.
In order to implement the policy of resettlement in order to benefit the Qin State, so as to trap Zhao Tuo in Baiyue, they only need to wait for a while, and when the emperor collapses and the power is handed over, they Li will be able to gain great benefits.
It's just that Li Yu's mouth is too smart, which makes things more complicated.
More than a month later.
The envoy from Lingnan and Yue rushed into Xianyang, bringing a shocking news.
Zhao Tuo, the general of the Qin State, was infected with illness in Yuedi and was difficult to support, so he wanted to entrust the matter of the migrants to the deputy general, and asked for his life to return to Guanzhong.
As soon as this news was delivered to the DPRK, it immediately stirred up a thousand waves.
The right prime minister, Li Si, was even more stunned at the moment when he knew the news.
Zhao Tuo is sick?
With his mind and understanding of Zhao Tuo, he quickly came to a conclusion.
"Zhao Tuo fights, makes good use of Zhengqi to match, so as to mobilize people's hearts and use the method of attacking the heart to break the enemy."
For the first time, Li Si experienced what kind of state of mind those who had fought against Zhao Tuo were when they faced Zhao Tuo's moves.
He sighed faintly: "This son's methods are really powerful. ”
With the character of the first emperor, after the victory of the conquest of Vietnam, the possibility of migrants is still very large.
"Historical Records: Qin Shi Huang Benji": In the thirty-third year, Zhu Zhu tried to kill the dead, his son-in-law, and Jia people to take the land of Luliang for Guilin, Xiangjun, and the South China Sea, so as to be suitable for military purposes.
"Historical Records: Biography of Nanyue": Guilin, Nanhai, and Xiangjun, in order to migrate, and the Yue mixed with the thirteen-year-old