"It's okay to say it, Marquis Huyi. It can come out of your mouth and into my ears."
Feng Quji looked solemn and spoke slowly: "If you want to prevent one person from holding too much power, you must decentralize power. The reason why the emperor created the system of three ministers and nine ministers was for this consideration."
"But since the establishment of the Three Lords, there have been only three people in the four positions, and no one has ever held the position of Taiwei. The Taiwei holds military power, and it is reasonable for the emperor to be wary. But Your Majesty should know that the Taiwei is not only in charge of the Qin Army. Mobilization, as well as food and grass, ordnance, signs and garrison troops, assessment of military merit, and many other things. The Qin Dynasty has nearly a million troops, and there are countless things involved."
"When the emperor was alive, all these matters were handled by the emperor alone, and most of the reports he had to deal with every day were made in stone. Since His Majesty came to the throne, these matters have been handed over to the prime minister. It can be imagined that the power in the hands of the prime minister has increased. How many!"
My face turned red, Feng Quji was telling the truth.
Since I came to the throne, except for the reports from the Prime Minister, the Protector Captain, the Imperial Censor and the various county guards, everything else has been handed over to Li Si and Feng Quji.
There are really too many memorials. Even though I have divided them a lot now, in addition to going to court every day, I still deal with the memorials. I also have to take care of the production of new utensils in the general office, the development of Jiangnan land, the firing of porcelain, the smelting of iron and salt, etc. wait……
According to Ying Zheng's workload, 996 per day is light, and I'm afraid it won't be finished even if he doesn't sleep every day.
"Do you think the Marquis of Yiyi wants to establish the post of Taiwei as soon as possible?"
Feng Quji nodded slightly.
"Not only the Taiwei, but also the reason why the veteran asked Your Majesty to remove Feng Jie from the post of Prime Minister Feng Jie is because he, the Prime Minister of the Left, cannot check and balance the Prime Minister of the Right."
"At the beginning, although the old minister was sitting in the position of Prime Minister You, to be honest, as long as the old minister was there, Li Si would not dare to act too arrogantly, and other ministers in the court would also restrain themselves."
"Except for Your Majesty, there are not many people in the Qin Dynasty who can be treated with caution by the ministers. One is an old minister, and the other is Zongzheng. But the two of us are just like other people who can be feared by the ministers. As for the two of us, we are too old. As for the Although Yu He, Meng Yi, and Feng Jie hold high positions, their foundations are still shallow and they have no prestige in the court and cannot suppress those people."
I was lost in thought.
If Feng Quji's words had been spoken while he was in the right prime minister's position or in good health, he could have been killed for treason eight times out of ten.
Indeed, as he said, when a person is about to die, his words are also good.
When I first came to the throne, I was very wary of Li Si. After all, the things he had done in history had to make me fear him.
But as the world gradually stabilized, he became a capable minister and official again, and there was no trace of him being a person who wanted to usurp the throne. Coupled with his abilities, I gradually relaxed my vigilance. However, there is really only one step between being a capable minister and a powerful minister.
"I understand. Thank you Marquis Eyi for your advice. I will consider this matter carefully." I sincerely thanked Feng Quji. Even though he had only a few days to live, it took a lot of courage to say these words to me.
On the way back, I felt a little heavy, and Feng Quji's words really woke me up.
But there's nothing I can do now. The people I promote still need time to grow. With Li Si's character, as long as Da Qin is stable, he won't do anything crazy.
I let out a long breath.
"Meng He, let's get off the car at the city gate and walk to Wanlixiang."
I haven’t been to Ying Lan’s place for a long time. I heard from Meng He that Wanli Xiang is empty every month except on the day when the wine is delivered. No matter how much wine was delivered, it would be gone in one day, so the rest of the time the three people in the wine shop could only sit there with their eyes wide open.
When we were twenty steps away from the city gate, Meng He and I got out of the car and wandered towards the city gate with two people.
It happened that Li Jie came here on inspection and saw me coming from outside the city. He was surprised at first and quickly wanted to salute.
I quickly shook my head, signaling with my eyes not to reveal my identity.
Li Jie understood. He stood aside and looked nervously at the people entering the city, praying silently in his heart: 'Don't be blind, I don't want to go to Shangjun to be my companion...'
However, God loves to play tricks on people, as the saying goes, whatever you are afraid of will come to you!
There were a dozen people queuing in front of me, and five or six people behind me. At the end of the team was a muscular man who had just arrived. He was tall, strong, and handsome, eight feet tall, with piercing eyes. Even the tattered robe attached to his body could not hide his prowess. There was nothing else on his body except a bundle of thin firewood held tightly in his arms.
However, the problem is that this thin wood is obviously freshly cut! Who goes into town to sell firewood and sells wet firewood? And with such a small bundle, I'm afraid I won't even be able to earn back the food that goes back and forth.
Li Jie saw this strange man at a glance and was shocked: 'Damn it, isn't this a typical traitor trait? ! With this look and this outfit, if he's not an official, he must be a traitor! '
He quickly looked at the city guard Li Qingshi next to him. Li Qingshi understood instantly, and he led a few people slowly towards the man's direction pretending to inspect the goods.
When he passed me, he saw that I was empty-handed and smiled at him. Li Qingshi ignored me and walked straight over. When he saw Meng He behind him, he was immediately startled. Meng He was behind me just now, but he didn't see it, and Li Jie didn't tell him who I was.
Although he is not qualified to see me, he knows Meng He, so he can feed the pigs without even guessing my identity.
Seeing Meng He's eyes signaling him to be quiet, Li Qingshi became numb.
'What's going on? Has Lord Wei seen His Majesty? Lord Meng He, have you seen that man? Isn't that man with His Majesty? I really want to turn around and ask Mr. Weiwei! You all winked hard at me. What the hell should I do if I get the wrong idea? Just now His Majesty smiled at me and I gave him a rollicking look. Last time I let Bai Tu out of the city. Damn it...'
Helpless, Li Qingshi could only bite the bullet and move forward. He was heartbroken. No matter if he was a good person or not, he should be knocked down first. What if he was really an assassin...
When he walked up to the man, he glanced at him and said nothing with a cold look on his face.
Li Qingshi narrowed his eyes, and the people beside him immediately jumped up and pushed the man to the ground. The man didn't expect that they were coming for him, and he was caught off guard and fell to the ground.
"Woo...what are you doing...wow..."
The people around me were startled, and I turned around to look. Meng He and the other three suddenly pulled out the long swords hidden in their arms and surrounded me in the center.
Li Jie immediately ran over and shouted: "Sir, be careful!"
I saw the man being pushed to the ground, waved his hand, and stepped forward.
"what happened?"
Li Jie quickly bowed and said: "Master Qi, this person looks like an assassin!"
Li Qingshi is confused, sir? Not Your Majesty? !
