Outside Zhangtai Palace.

Zhao Ying stopped again and looked back at the First Emperor beside him.

The warm winter sun shone obliquely, projecting on the tall and straight body of the First Emperor, and from his angle, he could just see the First Emperor's sword-like face and the increasing gray hair between his temples.

In the sun, it is slightly dazzling.

"Father, I'm going, I will come back as soon as possible, you yourself are in the palace, you must not work too hard, there are some government affairs, there is no need to do it yourself, Feng Xiang is old enough to hold the country, Li Xiang is good at making decisions, Meng Shangqing is meticulous and pragmatic, and all the courtiers are also working hard. With them, I can protect the government of the Great Qin Dynasty......"

When the first emperor saw his eldest grandson, he chattered and told him again and again, as if he was telling a child, knowing that the child was worried about his body from the bottom of his heart, so he didn't feel annoyed by him.

Smiled and nodded.

"Okay, okay, the eldest father knows, he must eat well, practice boxing well, and rest well......"

Zhao Ying: ......

Seeing that the First Emperor was like coaxing a child, Zhao Ying became more and more uneasy, reflexively took the First Emperor's hand, and persuaded bitterly.

"Father, I mean seriously, your old man's body is more important than anything else! You are the Dinghai Divine Needle of my Great Qin, as long as your old man is well, and the ministers of the world are good, there is no one who dares to eat a vegetarian meal and perfunctory decrees. Those who spread rumors everywhere and tried to subvert in vain are just clowns who jump off the beam, and they can't set off any storms-"

Speaking of this, Zhao Ying looked at the First Emperor, hesitated, and still said tentatively.

"Before I come back, those who are not too anxious, you might as well put it first, if you really can't wait, or you can hand it over to Li Chen, Zhuo Yi and Xu Zhi to deal with, these three people, although young, but talented, and in charge of all things, know the priorities - or you can share the worries for the eldest father, first on the content of the music, do some simple handling opinions, and then the eldest father will make the final instructions......"

In fact, this is the prototype of the Ming Dynasty cabinet and celebrants.

Zhao Ying didn't want to say it, because this kind of thing is actually a bit taboo, even now, he is deeply favored by the first emperor, and he doesn't dare to test it easily when it comes to this kind of major event related to the reform of the country's political system.

Because, he was well aware of the first emperor's obsession with the concentration of imperial power.

For this reason, the first emperor abolished the division of feuds, and the implementation of counties and counties, and the generals who led the army were only a temporary authority, and after the end of the war, they had to hand over the military power in their hands.

Such a person, do you want him to divide such supreme authority as the review and review?

He really didn't want to say it.

But he knew the First Emperor too well, and he knew that as soon as he left Xianyang, the First Emperor would definitely become the workaholic of the past again.

Once he was stumped by the affairs of Jiangnan and couldn't come back in time, all the abilities he had made in order to improve the body of the First Emperor would definitely be destroyed in a very short period of time!

Because the First Emperor was too desperate, "The affairs of the world are decided by the top, no matter how big or small." Up to the weighing stone to measure the book, day and night there is a submission, not in the middle of the presentation is not rest".

This is recorded in the "Records of the Historians".

Due to the fact that many documents had to be reviewed every day, the subordinate officials in the palace even had to use the unit of "stone" to measure the various documents that the first emperor had to approve.

The first emperor was extremely strict with himself, even to the point of being strict, he made specific quotas for the documents he had to deal with during the day and at night, and if the number of approvals did not reach the quota, he would not rest.

According to historical records, the documents he needs to deal with every day are as many as one or two hundred catties, nearly 300,000 words.

It takes nearly 20 hours to review all these documents. But looking at this number, it is enough to make people's scalp tingle, and the first emperor has been like a day for decades!

This is why the first emperor was less than fifty years old, his temples were gray, his body was empty, and he even had to swallow pills to boost his spirits.

And all this is what Zhao Ying does not want to see.

Today's Great Qin cannot do without the First Emperor.

If the First Emperor can live one more day, Great Qin will be stable for one more day, if the First Emperor can live thirty more days, no, even if he can live for twenty more years, the world will be peaceful!

When the time comes, will you be the third generation of the emperor with peace of mind, or the second generation of the emperor?

Therefore, he hesitated and made this suggestion anyway.

But he didn't dare to mention the celebrity supervisor and the cabinet vote, but took a compromise path and found a few "newcomers" with shallow qualifications and low grades, who were quite valued by the first emperor.

Trying to make the First Emperor less sensitive to this issue.

Sure enough, when I heard that Zhao Ying wanted Li Chen, Zhuo Yi, Xu Zhi and others to help him make preliminary opinions first, he only frowned slightly, and did not directly deny Zhao Ying's proposal.

Zhao Ying couldn't help but secretly breathe a sigh of relief in his heart and said with a smile.

"Father, Li Chen, Zhuo Yi and Xu Zhi, although they are quite talented and have the enthusiasm to serve the imperial court, but after all, they are shallow and inexperienced, and the eldest father also takes this opportunity to inspect and cultivate their ability - I believe that with the cultivation of the eldest father, the three of them will soon be able to stand out and become the rising stars of our Great Qin......"

The First Emperor originally wanted to refuse, but when he heard this, he couldn't help but move in his heart, glanced at his eldest grandson, who still had a trace of childishness between his eyebrows, groaned slightly, and nodded with a smile.

"Okay, then I'll listen to you, let the three of them come over, and help me deal with the government affairs briefly first—I'll say okay first, give it a simple try, if they don't have that ability, or if something goes wrong, then don't blame me......"

When Zhao Ying heard this, he was overjoyed and said with a smile.

"That's natural, the eldest father has clear rewards and punishments......

The First Emperor angrily raised his leg and kicked him.

"Get out, get out, get out, the dignified eldest grandson of the emperor will have nothing to do, and pour ecstasy soup into me......"

Zhao Ying jumped to the side with a smile and fled.

Behind him, the First Emperor couldn't help but laugh.

"Remember to inform Li Chen and the three of them, let them get ready, and report to me every morning!"

……

The First Emperor stood behind the railing, until Zhao Ying's figure completely disappeared outside the palace gate, then he turned around lightly and looked at Hei who was not far behind him.

"Let people check the roots of Li Chen, Zhuo Yi and Xu Zhi again......"

"No!"

Black bowed down.

The First Emperor walked slowly back to the main hall with his hands behind his back.

"Perhaps, it's time to consider preparing some team for him......"

The First Emperor sat down slowly, looking at the music in front of him, and one name after another flashed in his heart. Subconsciously lifted the brush and gently wrote three names on the manuscript in front of him:

Li Chen, Zhuo Yi, Xu Zhi!

Then, I gently wrote down three large characters:

Confucianism and Taoism!

Then, leaning back in the chair, his eyes narrowed slightly, staring at the three big characters below, his gaze was as deep as an abyss, and he couldn't see any shadow.

……

Out of the side hall of the First Emperor, Zhao Ying turned his head and went to the office of Li Chen, Zhuo Yi and Xu Zhi.

"Are Li Yushi, Zhuo Yushi and Xu Yushi here?"

The three of them were in charge of the affairs of the Quartet, and they had to deal with a large number of official documents every day, and then they had to write edicts and submit them to the first emperor for sealing.

At this time, he was facing his head, scrutinizing the wording of an edict, when he suddenly heard a voice outside and hurriedly raised his head.

Seeing that it was the official who was in charge of assisting on the side, he led Zhao Ying in.

Quickly put down the work in hand and hurriedly greeted him.

"I don't know that His Royal Highness the Emperor's eldest grandson is coming, and the minister has missed the welcome, and I ask His Highness to forgive me!"

Zhao Ying is their chief examiner, although in this era, there is no such thing as a teacher, but Zhao Ying does have the grace of knowing for them. This made them respect Zhao Ying more and more.

Zhao Ying stepped forward with a smile and grabbed their arms.

"The three of you don't need to be polite, I'm just coming here to take a look temporarily, and I'm here to inform you of one thing by the way......"

Hearing that Zhao Ying had something, the three of them suddenly became serious and bowed down.

"Your Highness, please!"

Zhao Ying smiled and waved his hand.

"You don't have to be so restrained in front of Lone-"

As he spoke, Zhao Ying walked to the table surrounded by the three of them just now, picked up the edict that the three of them had just prepared, glanced at it a few times, and saw that it was a letter he had just approved in the morning about Hanzhong County's request to relax the salt and iron monopoly and allow the private sector to participate in the operation.

He put it down quite casually and said with a smile.

"Regarding the matter of the salt and iron franchise in Hanzhong County, what do you three think......

Seeing that Zhao Ying suddenly asked this, the three of them couldn't help but look at each other, some couldn't understand what Zhao Ying meant, and didn't dare to talk rashly. After all, Xu Zhi, who was born in a legalist family and has Li Si, a teacher, as a backer, stood up and said.

"Your Majesty has already made a conclusion on the matter of the salt and iron franchise, and the lower officials and others are only responsible for uploading and disseminating, and they dare not beak ......"

Zhao Ying smiled and waved his hand.

"It's okay, today we just talk in private, whether it's right or wrong, it will stop here, you just have to talk freely without leaving this room......

The three of them immediately looked at each other.

Knowing, this is probably because the emperor's eldest grandson wants to take advantage of this to study himself and others, maybe it has something to do with the so-called notice he just now, knowing that it is related to his future, he suddenly cheered up one by one.

Xu Zhidao.

"The monopoly of salt and iron is the foundation of the country, it is related to the taxation of the imperial court and the foundation of the country, the likes of businessmen, the nature of profit-seeking, buying low and selling high, once the button is released, it will inevitably have an impact on the income of the imperial court, and the minister thinks that His Majesty's decision is really wise!"

Zhao Ying smiled and nodded, looking at Zhuo Yi on the side. He had a good impression of this young man who had been silently following Chun Yuyue, and he was looking forward to his views on this issue.

Zhuo Yi hesitated for a moment and bowed.

"The minister was born in a family of ordinary people, and he may be able to speak for His Highness as an ordinary person. The imperial court monopoly, of course, can enrich the treasury, but because of the imperial court monopoly, many places, people are floating in things, resulting in a shortage of salt and iron resources in various places, high prices, ordinary people's homes, not only eating salt has become an extremely difficult matter, even if you want to get an iron pot, it is extremely difficult, just like the family of Weichen, before the minister entered the court as an official, even the cooking was made with ordinary pottery, which was extremely inconvenient......"

Speaking of this, Zhuo Yi raised his head and looked at Zhao Ying.

"Your Highness, if you let the minister say, the minister thinks that the court may be able to open an opening and allow some of the local gentry families with good character and law-abiding character to operate this matter, or it may become a benefit to the court, and ordinary people can also profit from it......"

After speaking, he bowed deeply.

"Please think twice, Your Highness......"

Zhao Ying smiled and nodded.

In fact, he naturally understands the situation that Zhuo Yi said.

Any resource, any era, as long as there is a monopoly, there will inevitably be problems. Although the salt and iron monopoly system of Daqin can increase the wealth of the imperial court and strengthen the control of the people in a short period of time, it is not conducive to the development of industry and commerce, and has even become a hard-hit area for corruption.

In fact, in the original history, the Han Dynasty, which was established on the bones of the Great Qin, learned this lesson, one of the reasons for the demise of the Qin Dynasty, the entire early Han Dynasty, before Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, the monopoly system was abolished.

In addition, the war has been raging for a long time, the people have made up their minds, and those careerists also grabbed what they wanted in the war in the last years of the Qin Dynasty, and began to settle down, and some relatively stable economic, political, and foreign policies appeared in the imperial court in time, so that there was the rule of Wenjing and a thriving prosperous scene in the early Han Dynasty.

Therefore, Zhuo Yi's words are very reasonable. The relaxation of the monopoly policy on salt and iron is an inevitable trend, but it cannot be now.

Zhuo Yi saw that Zhao Ying was noncommittal, and retreated with some disappointment.

Zhao Ying looked at Li Chen, who was silent on the side, silently, wondering about this Taoist apprentice's attitude towards this matter.

Li Chen bowed uncomfortably.

"Governing a big country is like cooking a small fresh, going with the flow and maintaining policy stability is the blessing of the world. There are pros and cons to monopolizing salt and iron, but it is also necessary to be cautious about liberalizing the policy and allowing private operation. How to liberalize, to whom to release, after liberalization, how to deal with it, how to levy, how much to collect, and how to balance prices to ensure the interests of the people, are all problems, if these problems are not considered well, the minister thinks, it is better to maintain the status quo for the time being, and rectify the problems first......

A question and heard three different answers.

Zhao Ying was not disappointed, but was in a good mood and laughed.

"Good! The three of them are really outstanding and have the talent to govern the country! ”

Li Chen, Zhuo Yi and Xu Zhi looked at the emperor grandson with a good expression with some puzzlement, and when they were a little confused, they heard the emperor grandson laugh.

"Your Majesty wants to set up a cabinet to help Your Majesty draft and draft ...... in various places."

When Li Chen, Zhuo Yi and Xu Zhi heard this, they couldn't help but gasp, and even though they realized the meaning of the emperor's eldest grandson's words, they couldn't help but beat wildly!

Looking at the three of them who were already flushed, Zhao Ying's face finally became serious.

(End of chapter)