Chapter 60: Feng Goes Sick and Goes into Retreat

Seeing that the two of them were still going to persuade, I waved my hand to change the topic and looked at Feng Quji.

"Feng Xiang, General Meng is for the Huns, why did Feng Xiang come here too?"

Feng Quji originally wanted to continue to persuade, but when he saw me ask him, he had to put it down for the time being.

"Your Majesty, the old minister is now struggling to breathe, and he really can't give advice to His Majesty anymore. Lao Chen once again begged His Majesty to allow Lao Chen to resign and return to his hometown! ”

Seeing Feng Quji's increasingly old face, I couldn't help but sigh.

"Feng Xiangmo blames me for being ruthless. I wanted to stay in Xianyang when I was the crown prince, and thanks to Feng Xiang, I was able to spend that time in peace. Later, the first emperor died, and it was Feng Xiang and Li Xiang who helped me to sit on the throne, not to mention throwing it in vain. Feng is relatively honest and has made great contributions to Great Qin. If Prime Minister Feng resigns, I don't know what to do! ”

Feng Qujian is still very important to me. He is not like Li Si who is a capable minister, but his position in the court is rarely shaken. When the dynasty is stable, it may seem mediocre or even a little inactive, but once the world is turbulent, having him can at least ensure that the government is not chaotic.

And this person's loyalty to Great Qin is beyond doubt. According to historical records, after Hu Hai ascended the throne, he built a large number of buildings, increased forced labor, and increased taxes, and Feng Quji never stopped advising Hu Hai, and was finally victimized by Zhao Gao's slander. When he was imprisoned with Feng Zai, he committed suicide with "will not be humiliated".

If it weren't for this, how could Ying Zheng let Li Si, who was easy to use, be the left prime minister, and Feng Quji as the right prime minister, and it would not be an exaggeration to call him the Dinghai Divine Needle of Great Qin.

Feng Quji's eyes were also slightly moist when he heard this, and he said, "Your Majesty, Old Minister." My Feng family has been favored by Qin, and the kings of Qin have never been suspicious of my Feng family since they came to the party. The old minister followed the emperor all his life, and now he met the holy lord Mingjun, if it weren't for the old minister's old age and frailty, the old minister would be willing to serve His Majesty for another hundred years! ”

I sighed lightly: "Feng Xiang has worked hard for Daqin all his life, and it's time to rest." ”

No matter how reluctant I am, Feng Qujian is old after all.

"Qi Xuan, pass on my order: the quasi-right prime minister Feng Qujian resigned and returned to his hometown, fiefdom the Hou Yi, and the Marquis of Huyi."

Feng Qujian got up and bowed deeply when he heard this: "Your Majesty's quasi-old minister is already a great favor when he returns to his hometown, and the marquis of Che is worthy of it." ”

I replied, "No need to be polite, sit." Feng is quite worthy of this knighthood. It's just that Prime Minister Feng resigned, who can be the right prime minister? ”

After Feng Quji sat down, he paused for a moment and replied: "The old minister thinks that Li Xiangke can be a heavy responsibility. ”

In fact, he and I both understand that except for Li Si, no one can be the right prime minister, and even if there is, he can't.

With Li Si's character, if Feng Quji resigns as the right prime minister, and I let someone else be the right prime minister, I am afraid that I will hold a grudge in the future. It's not that I'm afraid that he will do something like murder and treason, it's just that this person's ability to do things is really satisfying. The current situation of the entire Great Qin is absolutely inseparable from his talents.

"It's exactly what I wanted. In this case, let Li Si be the right prime minister, Feng Zheng as the left prime minister, and as for the post of the imperial historian, let the imperial historian Yu He take over. ”

Feng Qujian arched his hand and said, "Your Majesty is wise. ”

Speaking of which, I remembered that the post of Captain of the Protector was still vacant, but there was really no suitable candidate right now.

Think of those famous generals at the end of the Qin Dynasty, Cao Shen refused to be humiliated, and died of hunger strike on the way back to Xianyang; Han Xin, I didn't send someone to look for it, not because I didn't like this soldier immortal, but I was really worried that if he joined the Qin army and asked me to seal the king's fief after he became famous, it would be a troublesome thing to lose at that time; Fan Hao is in the Xianyang Forbidden Garden, but he has a good relationship with Liu Bang, Liu Bang is a generation of heroes, I don't dare to use the people around him easily.

Thinking of this, I can only put it down for the time being.

Later, the two advised me not to go to Longxi to meet with Dada, and finally saw that I had made up my mind, and I didn't say anything more.

I discussed the meeting with Meng Tian, and Meng Tian did not stay in Xianyang for long, and immediately rushed to the border pass. Not only to ensure my safety, but also to watch out for whether the Xiongnu and Hu people would take the opportunity to go south.

After the two left, I asked Qi Wan to call Li Si and Feng Zai.

When he learned that Feng Quji had resigned and he succeeded him as the right prime minister, Li Si was overjoyed and hurriedly bowed down to thank him.

Feng Zheng was not surprised, after all, Feng Quji was his father, and he must know that Feng Quji would resign today. Judging from the current court princes, only he is the most suitable to succeed Zuo Prime Minister.

After Li Si left, I left Feng Zheng alone.

"Feng Zai, what is the relationship between your Feng family and the Meng family?"

Thinking that Meng Tian went back to Xianyang to find Feng Qujian first, and this time he came with Meng Tian together, I was a little curious. It stands to reason that with Feng Quji's caution, he will not get too close to the border generals.

Feng Zheng didn't hide it.

"Your Majesty, the Feng family and the Meng family are world friends. I, the Feng family, moved from Shangdang to Qin when King Huiwen was king. At that time, the Six Kingdoms were eyeing the Qin State, and King Huiwen was eager to seek talent, but he still had doubts about the people of Shandong, and the Feng family did not enter my Great Qin Dynasty. ”

"By the time of King Zhaoxiang, General Meng Fu came from the Kingdom of Qi and won the trust of King Zhaoxiang. Under the strong recommendation of General Meng Fu, my Feng family gradually entered the court and was reused by the Qin kings of previous dynasties. ”

Since then, the Feng family has been friendly with the Meng family for generations. In the thirty-second year of the first emperor, General Mengwu was accidentally hit by an arrow during the northern expedition to the Xiongnu. Our two families are world friends, and now there are only two brothers left in the Meng family, and my father treats them as his own children and takes great care of the two brothers. ”

After speaking, Feng Zheng did not continue to show that the two families were not suspected of forming a party. Now to tell the truth, it is a bit of a snake to talk too much.

I nodded, relieved. This kind of thing should be known to everyone, and there is no need for Feng Zheng to lie to me.

I laughed, "I see. I Guan Feng took care of Meng Tian quite a lot, and he was a little curious in his heart, and there was no other. ”

"You can go and discuss with Li Si about the change of official position."

Feng Zheng retreated.

In a blink of an eye, it was time to worship the ancestors in Yongcheng.

I set out from Xianyang with my ministers, all the way west through Yixian, and only eighty miles northwest to Yongcheng.

Compared with Xianyang City, Yongcheng is more like a fortress, with a circumference of no more than ten miles, and the palace room is compared with Xianyang, which is simply incomparable. Most of them are inhabited by the Ying clan or its side branches, and the chief official is Yongcheng Ling Yingxie.

Although the Qin army stationed here is under the jurisdiction of the internal history, Ying Ji has jurisdiction over the entire internal history, and he has been in Xianyang for a long time, so it is naturally impossible to come here every day to supervise the army, so in fact, it is still under the command of Ying Xie.

There is nothing to say about the ancestor worship, but it is a miniature version of the Great Dynasty Sacrifice to the Heavens, but it was also carried out for a whole day, and it was not until the red sun hung in the west that it could be over.

Then I told the hundred officials that because it was not easy for the ancestors, I wanted to pray for the blessing of the Great Qin Sheji in the ancestral hall for ten days, and let the hundred officials accompany them in Yongcheng.

He also warned Li Si and Yingxie that except for the two of them, they must not leak the news that I am not in Yongcheng to a third person. I just told the two of them that they had to leave Yongcheng for ten days if they had something important, and even Li Si didn't know what I was going to do.

Before daring to approach Liu Bang, it was because there was Zhang Han's 30,000 army next to him, and it was in Daqin. Now that he is about to go to the border to meet the Qiang people, the danger factor does not know how much it has increased, so he has to be careful.

The two of them naturally knew the importance and solemnly accepted the order.

After settling everything, taking advantage of the night, I led Meng He and dozens of forbidden troops to Longxi in the starry night.