Chapter Twenty-Four: Transferring Flowers and Trees, Li Si, Recommending Sima, Concealing the Sky and Crossing the Sea, Jing Kehui, Han Jue, Zhongshang
85_85155 But who would have thought that although the smash hit prime minister of Qin State, although he scolded on the surface at this time, he actually secretly added a little joy in his heart. It turned out that at this moment, Fan Yu's crusade just confirmed his judgment of Ying Zheng's ambiguous attitude that day, and he concluded that Ying Zheng had any handle in Fan Yu's hands, and today from this news, he finally understood it all at once. The reason why he was secretly happy was because although Ying Zheng asked him to watch and do it himself, he chose to send someone to hunt down Fan Yuzhi at that time, if Ying Zheng regretted this matter, he would not be able to eat and walk around, but now that this matter came out, he could justifiably order Fan Yuzhi to be eradicated, and Ying Zheng naturally would no longer have a reason to blame him, so although he was angry at this moment, there was a trace of pride flashing at the corner of his mouth.
"It's... This is simply slandering the royal way and going against the principles of heaven and human morality!" Chen Kang was immediately surprised when he heard the waiter's words, and said excitedly at the corner of his mouth.
"Exactly, how can this be? This Fan Yuzhi is too bold and reckless. Everyone also echoed Chen Kanglai.
Li Si saw that everyone was angry, and his face was unbelievable, but the face of the Yan master was dull, but he was slightly red, as if he had an embarrassed expression. Li Si pondered carefully in his heart, and suddenly understood, so another trick to transfer flowers and trees flooded from the bottom of his heart.
He deliberately pretended to have a worried look on his face, and frowned at everyone: "It's naturally a good thing that you have jealousy and hatred, but since this traitor has already committed a rebellion, I don't know if you can have a good way to deal with it?"
Although the crowd looked impassioned and scolded repeatedly, most of them were also performed to Li Si to show their loyalty, and now Li Si suddenly asked these words, and everyone in this hall suddenly withered like weeds in the scorching sun, and no one dared to make a sound, just watched the changes on the sidelines.
Seeing that everyone was silent, Li Si said to Chen Kang again: "Doctor Cheng, what do you think?"
Cheng Kang was asked by Li Si, and his face was suddenly full of panic and uneasiness, so he had to pretend to smile and clench his fist to Li Si and say: "My subordinates think that this matter should be ordered by the king of Qin to exterminate the traitorous general, and lead the brave army of the Qin State to go to Shangyong to crusade." β
Cheng Kang's answer is actually equivalent to a glamorous nonsense on the surface, but useless inside, and there is nothing to learn from the current situation.
Of course, Li Si's casual questioning was naturally not to ask him Cheng Kang to answer anything, he just borrowed Cheng Kang's answer as a springboard to continue to ask another person.
Li Si listened to Cheng Kang's words, shook his head slightly and sighed: "What Dr. Cheng said is reasonable, but at this moment, the capable generals in the Qin Dynasty have been appointed separately, Wang Qian, Huan Qi and other generals have been sent to Juyang, and now there are few generals left who can lead the army to fight, so the king will definitely worry about this." β
Cheng Kang listened to Li Si's words, he was speechless for a while, and he didn't know how to answer, he has always taken the literary etiquette as the main object of study, if it is about leading troops to fight, where will he understand.
Seeing that he was silent, Li Si just happened to fulfill his intentions, so he took the opportunity to turn his head to Master Yan and said, "I don't know what Yan Qing thinks?"
Yan Shi already looked anxious, but now that he was asked by Li Si, he was even more flustered, and hurriedly bowed his head and hugged his fists to Li Si and replied: "Yan is not talented, and there is no way to deal with the enemy for the time being." β
Seeing his flustered appearance, Li Si knew why he was like this, so he deliberately smiled slightly, and reminded him: "Yan Qing is a subordinate of the miscellaneous family, and the miscellaneous family is all over the world, is it possible that there is no capable person?"
When Yan Shi was asked by Li Si, he secretly thought to himself what Li Si's words meant, didn't he want to elevate himself? But he thought about it, he was mediocre and incompetent, if he couldn't do it and was defeated by Fan Yu, wouldn't he have to endanger his own head? It was really not worth selling like this, it was better to retreat and save his life, so he opened his mouth and replied: " Although there are many miscellaneous families, there are not a few capable people, but since the fall of Lu Sheng, they have been scattered, and it is difficult to find a trace. β
Li Si knew that he was a person who was inactive and uneducated, so he never expected him to have any merits, but he didn't even react to such an obvious prompt, which really disappointed him, so he had to say bluntly: "Yan Qing is so modest, it's really a little." Since Yan Qing refused to accept it, what about the Sima Kong mentioned earlier?"
Yan Shi was said by Li Si, and he suddenly realized, and even connected Li Si's words: "Mr. Sima is an all-round talent in civil and military affairs, and his talent is far above the protΓ©gΓ©s of the miscellaneous family, and he can be described as the elite of the miscellaneous family. β
"Okay!" Li Si wanted to hear what Master Yan said the most, and after he heard it, he immediately shouted loudly and said to Master Yan, "Since Yan Qing recommends Mr. Sima so much, then ask Yan Qing to do me a favor Li Si, and after I go back, I must invite Mr. Sima to the court of the Qin State, and I will wait for Mr. Sima's arrival tomorrow in the court." β
Yan Shi was full of praise for Sima Kong just now, thinking that he was just following Li Si's words, who knew that Li Si actually resorted to this trick of transferring flowers and trees, so that he could invite Sima Kong to enter the court.
But now that Li Si has spoken and passed it down, he doesn't dare not accept it, and Fang is himself who praised Sima Kong for his talent through heaven and earth, this is a mess he has put down, and it is inevitable that he will not give people a handle, so he has to bow his head and play back to Li Si Dao: "Thanks to the grace of the prime minister, Master Yan should do his best." β
"With Yan Qing doing his best for Daqin like this, why worry about the chaos that Fan Yu will not extinguish?" Li Si listened to Master Yan's words, and naturally felt secretly proud in his heart, while picking up the wine bottle and wine jug that had just fallen down again, and raised the pot to pour wine again, and with a smile behind him, he raised his glass to everyone, "All of you are like Yan Qing, you are Li Si's capable ministers, and you know how to solve problems for Li Si, but Li Si has nothing to reciprocate, so he has to make a little bit of a glass of wine, and I hope you will laugh and accept it." β
When everyone saw that the prime minister of the state of Qin had such kind words, they also raised their glasses to greet each other, and said to Li Sibi respectfully: "Prime Minister Li Cheng's words are serious, and we should do our best to assist the prime minister, hoping to dedicate our efforts to Great Qin." β
"Okay, do it!" Li Si saw that everyone had this word together, and he didn't talk nonsense anymore, after just two simple and clear words, he flicked up his long sleeves, covered his face, and drank the wine that he had just held in the air.
The crowd took his action, and drank it together, and drank all the wine in the cup.
Li Si watched everyone's actions, and did not forget to gently wipe the corners of his mouth soaked with sake with his cuffs, and his face showed an unconcealable pride. He originally thought that today was just a drinking and gossiping with all the guests, but the eagerness of his henchmen and servants has achieved the pinnacle of his Li family's hegemony. He asked Master Yan to invite Sima Kong to enter the court, firstly, he could add a capable general to himself, and secondly, he could also lay out another chess piece of his own on the court of the Qin State, so that if there was a change in the future, even if it was Yingzheng, I am afraid that he would not be able to help him.
The next morning, Li Si led all the ministers of civil and military affairs to the court as usual, but the difference this time was that the hundred officials seemed to have a look of illness on their faces, and they had a very worried expression. Of course, Li Si knew why they were so deeply disturbed, because there were rumors everywhere in the Xianyang City Bazaar, and it was impossible for them not to know about it. It's just that Li Si didn't say a word and didn't communicate with them too much, which made Baiguan seem to have no backbone, so he seemed so anxious. But the reason why Li Si didn't make too many opinions was because he wanted to stay above the court to say to Yingzheng, only in this way could he be a blockbuster and convince everyone.
According to the custom of the Qin Dynasty, all the ministers should stand on both sides of the hall, with a column of civil ministers and a column of military generals, according to their respective ranks. The head of the civil servants on the left is led by the court captain Wang Juan, the head of the military generals on the right is led by the national captain and the captain, and Li Si leads the position of the prime minister, ranking in the center, and they all worship the Qin king Yingzheng.
Although Ying Zheng has a violent and suspicious temperament, but after all, he is not a faint monarch who is greedy for wine, so today's court is also gloomy, obviously looking sullen, and the ministers saw Ying Zheng's expression, and naturally they all guessed why King Qin was unhappy.
"The king: The county guards from all over the country sent people to report yesterday that the fields in various places have enjoyed a bumper harvest this year, and the field officials have been able to rule greatly, which is really a blessing for my king. Li Si deliberately only talked about the rule of the Tian officials, and did not mention the rebellion of Fan Yuzhi, which was to make Yingzheng even more uncontrollable.
"Oh, it must be a good thing that Tian officials can be governed, but does the prime minister have other important things to report to the widow?" Although Yingzheng received good news, he still frowned and continued to ask Li Si.
"Si Kou Feng Zheng has a report: It is said that the rewards and punishments in various prisons are measured, fair and strict, and the people have praised them along the streets. Li Si was unhurried, and continued to say the words that had been prepared to Yingzheng.
"Is it? Feng Zheng actually has this talent and virtue to let the people praise him along the street?" Regarding this is another good news, Ying Zheng became even more suspicious, and said with a cold face.
When all the officials heard Yingzheng's reaction in the hall, they couldn't help but be secretly stunned in their hearts, thinking that today's dynasty would be angry with Long Yan, so they each held their breath and prepared to be scolded.
"And the Ministry of Rites..."Li Si ignored Ying Zheng's disgusted words, and continued to follow the words he had prepared before, ready to continue to speak.
"Does Prime Minister Li only know how to report good news to the widow and not bad news?" Ying Zheng saw that Li Si had no intention of reporting to him about Fan Yu's rebellion, and he could no longer hold back the anger in his heart, and couldn't help but question Li Si sharply.
Ying Zheng's words were said with a cold face on Tie Qing's face, and when the hundreds of officials in the hall heard it, they didn't realize that there was fine sweat oozing out of their foreheads, and some of them had quietly raised their cuffs to gently wipe the beads of sweat that were about to condense into streams, and they couldn't help but sweat for Li Si in their hearts.
But who would have expected that Li Si would remain silent and unhurried, and continue to report to Ying Zheng: "Your Majesty still has an unfavorable matter, and he is also about to report it to the king." β
"That's not a quick thing to say. Ying Zheng saw Li Si's unhurried and unworried look, and he was also unhappy in his heart, and said to Li Si in a cold voice.
"The ministers heard that there were people talking on the streets of Xianyang, saying that General Fan Yuzhi colluded with the eldest son Cheng Chan to raise troops in Shangyong City, and also slandered the king as the income of Lu Zhong's father by stealing the country through his belly..."
"Presumptuous!" Ying Zheng heard this, he was really angry, grabbed the simple chapter on the case in front of the throne, threw it all down, and then scolded in his mouth, "Li Si, you are so bold, you dare to slander this king so bluntly, don't you take the widow in your eyes!"
Li Si has been scolded so much by Yingzheng for the first time since he became prime minister, although he was unhappy in his heart, but his face did not show ten thousand points, but he said in a good voice: "The criminal minister Li Si does not dare, and the minister is just a rumor, he does not dare to damage Long Wei, and I hope that the king will punish him." β
"Since it is a rumor, it must be groundless, Fan Yuzhi, a traitor, did not hesitate to spread rumors to cause trouble in order to achieve the goal of usurpation, can't the prime minister see this?" Ying Zheng's face was full of anger, and he said very unhappily, his eyes were fixed on Li Si's every move, and he also wanted to see Li Si's reaction to it.
Of course, Li Si knew that Ying Zheng did not hesitate to use his anger to show his attitude at this time, it was to test himself, he was naturally prepared, so he replied unhurriedly: "Li Si has always only served Daqin, only for the king, how can he believe such dirty words, the king does not have to worry, Li Si has already prepared a countermeasure to deal with Fan Yuzhi's traitor." β
Ying Zheng didn't expect Li Si to have such an answer, his face wrinkled slightly, and a rather suspicious word burst out of his mouth: "Oh?"
Not only did Ying Zheng not believe that Li Si would make a decision to meet the enemy in such a short period of time, but even the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty were surprised by this, because after all, this matter was just brought to Xianyang from other places by the merchants who sold goods yesterday, and all the officials had only heard about it, and the court of Qin had not formally discussed it, and he Li Si dared to report to the King of Qin with a very decisive word, which really surprised everyone.
"What does the prime minister think, the widow wants to hear it. Ying Zheng showed an extremely skeptical look on the one hand, and on the other hand, he was very willing to understand where Li Si's determined demeanor came from, so he asked again.
"The so-called bell must be tied to the bell person, since he Fan Yuzhi dares to use Lu Zhong's father to spread rumors, then Lu Zhong's father must come forward to win this matter in one fell swoop. Li Si slowly stabilized the Yugui in his hand with both hands, and then straightened it up, and said to Ying Zheng very respectfully.
"Father Lu Zhong?" As soon as Ying Zheng heard these three words, he suddenly felt like he had entered a dead end, and he didn't know what Li Si wanted to do, and even the ministers were shocked when they heard it, and they all let out exclamations