The corners of Ying Kongchen's mouth walked out of this state pastoral mansion with a slight mockery, and he felt a burst of sadness in his heart, is this the official of the Great Qin Empire?

Is this the prime minister's son?

Dedicated to the public, hehe!

Ying Kongchen is not a fool, from Li Zhe's scenes, Ying Kongchen has already understood that this state pastor is not a person who can really exist for the empire.

It's just that where to start investigating Li Zhe's matter?

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And in the state pastor's mansion, Li Zhe wiped the cold sweat on his forehead, and there were some broken thoughts in his heart, what his father said was too fake, where is this little prince that kind of gentleman?

This patriotic heart is probably stronger than everyone!

Li Zhe couldn't help patting his chest, fortunately he didn't have the impulse to say what was in his heart, otherwise, this little prince didn't know what to say.

Li Zhe knew that the people of the Ying royal family at this age were more or less impulsive, and they all had some impulses of enthusiasm for the empire, which was inevitable.

Therefore, when Ying Kongchen first came to Sichuan Lu City, Li Zhe kept trying to win Kongchen, and sure enough, Ying Kongchen was really the kind of young man he imagined, a heart that loved the empire.

The temptation just now has already made Li Zhe more sure of this fact, sure enough, the young man Ying Kongchen is still too young, maybe the emperor Ying Kongli said a few words and his heart was surging, and he decided to serve the empire.

However, where is the matter in this world so simple, when you can't even protect yourself, what do you use to serve the empire?

Take your own life?

Amusing!

Of course, these are all old fritters like Li Zhe who have been crawling and rolling in the court for decades or even hundreds of years to understand my truth, but this is not the case like Ying Kongchen, in Li Zhe's eyes, Ying Kongchen has not yet stepped into the court, and has not experienced the sinister hearts of people in this world, so his heart is always full of love for the future and love for the empire.

When Ying Kongchen has experienced a lot of things, Li Zhe believes that when the time comes, Ying Kongchen will also choose this way.

However, now Li Zhe doesn't dare to have too much contact with Ying Kongchen, Li Zhe knows better than anyone that he is not a person who truly loves the empire!

Because he has his selfish interests in his heart, and, not only that, he has done some things that are harmful to the empire when he has been a state pastor in Shuzhou all these years.

He didn't dare to tell his father, Li Tai, the prime minister of Great Qin, about these things, because Li Zhe knew that although his father Li Tai was on the opposite side of the emperor, in Li Tai's heart, he still loved the empire very much.

Even, in Li Tai's heart, the position of the empire is more important than anyone else.

Therefore, Li Zhe will hide these things, Li Zhe knows that once these things are known by his father, then the person who will arrest him to the criminal department at that time is likely to be his father.

And his father Li Tai didn't notice anything, because Li Zhe arranged everything, after he came to Shuzhou, he eliminated dissidents step by step, and replaced them with people who were loyal to him, and now Shuzhou, it can be said that half of them have become Li Zhe's people.

Even Chen Ruili, the general of the Shuzhou garrison, is also a person from his side, and it can be said that in the entire Shuzhou, there is no voice against him anymore!

And the things he did were also done slowly in secret, so not many people knew about it, even Chen Ruili didn't know about it, which is why Li Zhe could hide it for so many years.

Once these things are known to the people of the imperial capital, then it will be a big crime to cut off the head!

However, Li Zhe is confident, he can hide this matter until the day he dies!

Li Zhe looked out of the door, with a wave of helplessness in his eyes, in Shuzhou, he still has a big confidant, that is Wei Qi, Wei Shi!

The city lord of Chuanlu City, Wei Qi, has been singing against Li Zhe all the time, what Li Zhe wants to do, he has to oppose it, anyway, he just doesn't listen to your orders.

But Li Zhe didn't dare to do anything to Wei Qi, after all, Wei Qi's background was not low, and he could even be compared with their Li family.

And even if Wei Qi is opposed, he is also opposed within the rules, even Li Zhe can't find fault with it, Wei Qi's general opposition is the problem of their Sichuan Lu City, and other places ignore it.

This makes Li Zhe unable to catch the pigtails, if Wei Qi opposes other people's problems, then Li Zhe can also use the excuse of interfering in the government affairs of other cities to detain Li Zhe.

But Wei Qi is very smart, obviously he didn't give Li Zhe this chance!

When he was against it, he only objected to the issue of their Sichuan Lucheng, and he also said that the head was the Tao, so that Li Zhe couldn't refute it!

But there is no way, this may be the emperor's mental trick, it turns out that when the Li family was not on the side of Shuzhou, the major families in Shuzhou have always been headed by the Wei family, after he came to Shuzhou to serve as the state pastor, these people quickly changed the court, and threw themselves into the Li family.

Of course, there are also some die-hard members of the Wei clan who have been fighting against the Li family!

This should be the Emperor's Mind Technique!

After all, it turns out that the energy of the Wei clan in Shuzhou is amazing, and the prestige of the emperor may not be as good as that of the Wei clan, of course, it is only in Shuzhou.

That's why the first emperor came up with such a trick of checks and balances!

I have to say that Li Zhe wants to applaud and use the Li family to check and balance the Wei family, and then sit back and watch the battle between the Wei family and the Li family, so that the Li family and the Wei family can check and balance each other, and also maintain the independence of Shuzhou!

What a move!

Li Zhe knew that in this way, their Li family had provoked some big families in Shuzhou for no reason.

But how tempting is this position of state pastor, and it seems that the benefits of this position are greater than those losses.

So, it's a compromise and it's a deal.

The first emperor used the position of the governor of Shuzhou to make a deal with the Li family, that is, to let them check and balance the Wei family.

I have to say that the first emperor is really eloquent!

The position of the governor of Shuzhou, whether it is big or not, is not small, the key is that he can control the garrison of Shuzhou, but in fact, the garrison of a state is only 10,000, which is nothing to Daqin, who has a permanent garrison of one million!

This 10,000 troops, for the emperor, is not in the eyes of him at all. Even the position of the state pastor, as long as it is not the states where many armies are stationed, these state pastors are nothing.

With something you don't care about, in exchange for the mutual checks and balances of the two clans. No matter how you calculate it, this deal is a sure win!

However, for Li Zhe, this is not the case.

He needs the position of Shuzhou Governor, because, only in this way, can he enter the imperial capital, and it is a clear and honest march into the imperial capital!

Of course, the march here is not a rebellion, it's just that Li Zhe wants to enter the imperial capital as an official, and even, he has already set the goal in his heart, where his father is, the position of prime minister!

Li Zhe knows deeply that far away in the north, he also has an elder brother in the army, and when his elder brother finishes training in the army, then if nothing else, it is very likely that he will take over the position of prime minister!

Don't doubt that the Li family has the ability and qualification to support his elder brother to the position of prime minister, this is the energy of the Li family, and even the emperor is extremely afraid of the energy!

But Li Zhe is unwilling!

He was just born so many years less than his brother, why can't he take over the position of prime minister!

In fact, all this is already obvious, as a prime minister, to control civil and military officials, it is natural to need both civil and military, therefore, every prime minister of the Li family undoubtedly came out of the army, and then entered the officialdom of the imperial capital, and then was supported by the Li family to the position of prime minister.

Therefore, Li Zhe's brother went to the army, the implication is self-evident, that is, Li Tai is sending a signal, he wants to hand over the position of prime minister to his eldest son, and hopes that the people of the Li family can support him more.

Put Li Zhe in Shuzhou, it can be said that Li Zhe's road to the imperial capital has been basically cut off. You must know that the feudal officials are the feudal officials. Especially for a feudal official like him who took over the land of a state, there is basically no possibility of promotion.

Because after taking over the place, it is inevitable that there will be military power in his hands, and once he enters the imperial capital again, then it is difficult to predict what will happen in the future!

Therefore, in Daqin, if you want to enter the officialdom of the imperial capital, there are only two ways, that is, to graduate from the Great Qin Academy, either to slowly experience in the grassroots level of the imperial capital, or to slowly experience in the army like Li Zhe's brother.

This is the rule of entering the officialdom of the imperial capital, and no one can break this rule, not even Li Tai.

Therefore, it can be said that Li Zhe's dream of becoming prime minister has been shattered!

But, so what?

A fierceness flashed in Li Zhe's eyes, what about the rules? As long as it is not written in black and white, it can't be counted!

Li Zhe knows better than anyone why these rules are called unspoken rules? The reason is very simple, that is, it cannot be known to the world, and this rule must be hidden, this is the unspoken rule of the Great Qin Imperial Capital!

However, as long as they can't say it, then he can also be completely unaware, as long as the time comes.

As long as some means are added, I believe he will succeed. Thinking about it, Li Zhe had already clenched his fists, he couldn't lose, he would definitely succeed!

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In the imperial capital, Li Tai has already been immersed in the sweet dream that the Mo family threw at him, and his attention to Shuzhou has long been reduced!

At this moment, Li Tai can be described as high-spirited, and he believes that as long as Mo is not stupid, he will definitely choose to throw himself into him. This is Mohs' only option and only chance!

However, Li Tai had already ignored that the imperial envoy and the prince of Zhenbei, Ying Kongchen, were still in Chuanlu City, and his son had already daydreamed!