"Among the nobles in the world, I am not so arrogant yet." The First Emperor said softly. Wang Wan secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
Publicly and privately, he didn't want to see the day when there would be backlash from all over the Qin State and it would be difficult to pass the decree.
"Get up and do what you have to do." The First Emperor took the lead and walked down the stairs.
"Wei." Wang Wan stood up with his palms on the ground, wiped a little sweat from the creases on his forehead at a height of three feet, and followed the First Emperor down.
Under the high platform, Gai Nie and Zhao Gao stood in strict formation, waiting for the First Emperor and Wang Wan. The First Emperor looked at the high platform and said to Ge Nie:
"You can even break cement with a sword. I guess this stone will be destroyed as well." After speaking, he stretched out his hand to indicate that Gai Nie could take action now.
Gai Nie's face was expressionless, but the speechlessness in his eyes was ready to come out, and he said:
"I am incompetent." Although this high platform is made of low-quality stone and its hardness is not that high, the stone platform is five to six meters in diameter and extremely thick.
Although Gai Nie is good at martial arts and strong at swordsmanship, he can break a concrete slab with one sword. But a solid cylinder of bad stone with a diameter of five or six meters cannot be broken by Gai Daxia.
"Why? Is it because I haven't eaten enough?" The First Emperor glanced at Gai Nie and Zhao Gao.
"It has nothing to do with that." Gai Nie replied emotionlessly, looking directly at the First Emperor indifferently, thinking that whether he was full or not, Nie could not cut off the high platform with one sword.
Zhao Gao immediately lowered his head and said in a trembling voice:
"I am guilty."
"It's just a joke, there is a serious crime." The First Emperor glanced at Genie, who was standing proudly, and said:
"Next time, remember to wipe off the oil stains from the corners of your mouth."
"Wei." The old prime minister was a few steps behind the First Emperor, but he took in all the three people's words, expressions, and movements, and lowered his head slightly to hide the emotions in his eyes.
What happened in that rebellion that year? Why could His Majesty tolerate Lu Buwei's rebellious life? Is it because of Lord Chang'an?
Your Majesty treated Gai Nie so kindly, could it be because Gai Nie was originally a guest of the Chang'an emperor? I didn’t know why Lord Chang’an made such arrogant remarks at the Wax Festival, but if everything was ordered by His Majesty, then it would work.
Your Majesty wants to use the words of Lord Chang'an to test the bottom line of the nobles and centralize power again. It is appropriate for you to hit me with words today.
Forget it, my children and grandchildren are free and my children and grandchildren are happy, what do I care about... The old prime minister shook his head inwardly. After calming down, the smile on his face became much more natural.
"Zhao Gao, I don't want to see this high platform again tomorrow." The First Emperor patted the stone pillar and said.
"Wei." Zhao Gao responded respectfully. Looking up at the sky, the First Emperor turned around and returned. God, I can't die yet.
Gai Nie, Zhao Gao, and Wang Wan were all half a step behind the First Emperor, and followed him according to the pace of the First Emperor.
"I'm hungry, tell the chef to prepare some food." The First Emperor strode forward and said as he walked. After taking two steps, no one answered.
Zhao Gao, who had been following him, glanced at Gai Nie gratefully and responded respectfully:
"Wei." This god of plague would also do some good deeds, knowing that Gao would have many opportunities to serve him when he left. He would not give him roast pigeons, sake, or venison for free.
Gai Nie felt his full belly, listened to Zhao Gao's response, and received Zhao Gao's grateful gaze, feeling satisfied.
It's great that Zhao Gao, the licking dog, is back. Nie doesn't have to do anything. As long as His Majesty does not mention Nie by name, he will not respond. If everything is left to Zhao Gao, he still has to thank Nie.
One day later. Xiangbang Mansion.
"Xiangbang, please take a look." Li Si handed over the latest imperial edict issued by the First Emperor under Wang Wan's surprised eyes.
Although Lu Buwei was once the lord of Li Si, Li Si was not inferior to others, so how could he be conquered by Lu Buwei so quickly.
Most of the imperial edicts written by the First Emperor were sent to the world through the Prime Minister's Office. Before issuance, the Prime Minister's Office would investigate the imperial edicts to see if there were any deficiencies.
In the past, the Prime Minister's Mansion was called the Prime Minister's Mansion. Li Si and Wang Wan were the biggest, so this job belonged to Li Si and Wang Wan. Now it has been renamed Xiangbang Mansion, and Lu Buwei is the biggest, so the errands have been moved to Lu Buwei.
Lu Buwei didn't even look at the scrolled bamboo slips, his eyes were bloodshot with his head lowered, and he was seriously searching the list of officials of the Qin Dynasty for officials who could be sent to Korea to serve.
There are dozens of cities in Korea, and each city requires three high-level officials, which requires a total of about a hundred high-level officials.
Lu Buwei, who had not been in court for ten years, only knew the top officials of the Qin Dynasty and knew almost nothing about those who were not allowed to go to court.
So he had to look through the thick roster one by one, selecting officials based on their resumes and political achievements.
Finding suitable officials for Korea is a huge project for Lu Buwei, who is no longer young physically and mentally.
Lu Buwei, who felt guilty about Han Di, didn't sleep yesterday and stayed up all night at Xiangbang's Mansion. He still hasn't finished looking for it.
Hearing Li Si's words, he buried his head and said tiredly:
"Didn't I say yesterday that it's not my place to check for leaks and fill them up? Once the memorial is answered, the two of you will decide the imperial edict." Lu Buwei, who served as prime minister ten years ago and has been actually supervising the country, does not obey anyone except Ying Chengxuan. .
He didn't like to run behind others, even if that person was the First Emperor, because he had different moral principles from the First Emperor.
If he were to take on tasks such as memorials and imperial edicts, Lu Buwei, a miscellaneous scholar who scorned the strictness of Legalism, estimated that he would most likely dislike everything.
If you don't like it and can't change it, then it's better not to look at it and simply stay out of sight. Moreover, Lu Buwei himself knew that he was not familiar with everything since he had not been to court for ten years.
He was struggling to appoint officials in Han Dynasty, so he did not have the ability to grasp everything. Wang Wan's face looked much better after hearing this.
No matter what Lu Buwei's actions were, the result was to give up power, which showed that he had no intention of using the two prime ministers Li Si and Wang Wan as decoration.
On the premise that Li Si has already surrendered, this is definitely a goodwill signal for Wang Wan.
Because as long as Lu Buwei is willing and with Li Si's cooperation, the Xiangbang Mansion can theoretically operate without his Wang Wan.
"I offended a lot of people yesterday. I hope Jiang Xiangbang won't blame me." Wang Wan took the initiative to apologize and returned kindness. In the midst of his busy schedule, Lu Buwei raised his head and smiled and exchanged a few words with Wang Wan. The looming ice in the back hall of Xiangbang Mansion melted away without a trace.
Lu Buwei, who was eager to send officials, pointed to the bamboo slips under his body to end this high-level dialogue.
"I'll do things first."
"Xiangbang is busy," Wang Wan said immediately. Lu Buwei continued to immerse himself in the investigation. Li Si took the bamboo slips to Wang Wan's side, and the two looked at the imperial edict issued by the First Emperor together, chatted a few words in a low voice, and both agreed that the imperial edict could be issued.
The two prime ministers were both quick people and immediately sent the contents of the latest imperial edict issued by the First Emperor to the world.
[Those who write in simplified Chinese characters will be killed, those who teach others knowledge will be killed, and those who write in non-simplified Chinese characters will be killed. ] Lu Buwei, who exercised the power of the prime minister on behalf of Ying Chengxuan, had been in the prime minister's house from beginning to end, but he did not see this imperial edict.
If he saw it, he would definitely stop it. It is absolutely not feasible for him and Ying Chengxuan's future development to cut off the way of speech in the world and be punished for his speech.
...Xianyang Prison. A single-room luxury prison. Bao Bailingzhi stood respectfully in front of Gan Luo, who was playing with a low-quality glass bead in his hand, and seriously reported the situation outside.
"Every day, dozens of memorials impeaching Lord Chang'an and the Left Prime Minister are sent to the Prime Minister's Mansion. Our people inside saw with their own eyes that the Prime Minister's Mansion submitted all the memorials. All the memorials submitted were not returned. Your Majesty, you are keeping everything in mind, I don’t know what you mean.” Gan Luo was lying on his back, hearing the words he said with a smile:
"You still don't know what this means? Do you not know or don't want to know? It's clear that His Majesty is not on our side." He sat up, leaning on his chin with his left hand, and raised the palm of his right hand flat in front of his eyes, looking at the glass in the palm of his hand. beads.
"Bao Bailingzhi, is this bead good?" Bao Bailingzhi stepped forward flatteringly, brought his face less than a foot away from the bead, and looked at it carefully.
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"Although the color of this bead is not pure, it is difficult to make a bead shape out of colored glass, and it is tainted with your noble spirit. I am willing to pay twenty gold to buy this bead." Gan Luo nodded with satisfaction, closed his hand, put away the bead, and threw it at will. Bao Bai ordered it.
There was a look of surprise on Bao Bailing's face. He hurriedly took it in his palm and rubbed it again and again. He put this inferior glass bead into his arms like a treasure passed down from generation to generation.
"Thank you, sir."
"Your Majesty has such a big heart." Gan Luo stretched his body, stretched his muscles and bones, pinched his chin and crossed his legs as he analyzed:
"Your Majesty doesn't know what Ying Chengyu wants to do. He probably regards Ying Chengyu as the second Shang Yang and wants to centralize power for the second time. I'm quite curious about His Majesty's expression when he knows that Ying Chengyu still wants to restrict the monarch's power. , What a pity." More than ten years ago, Ying Chengyu finally told him that kings can also make mistakes and cannot unite all the people in the world into one person.
No family can produce a holy king from generation to generation, and the power of the king must be limited.
"If Ying Chengxuan is allowed to go to the step of restricting the monarch's power, then no one can hug the big tree on my tomb?" Gan Luo smacked his lips, feeling a little regretful.
Next to him, Bao Bailingzhi's face turned pale. Different from the smile he put on just now, this time he was showing true feelings.
How dare Lord Chang'an restrict the power of the monarch? How can I listen?
"What? Are you scared? You can tell His Majesty directly." Gan Luo raised his eyes, looked at Bao Bailing's face, and said with interest:
"When the time comes to overthrow Ying Chengxuan, you will be the number one hero. Since Wei Yang established the 20th level military meritorious title, no one has ever been awarded the 20th level Chehou.
"In the ten years since His Majesty has been on the throne, this dynasty has granted two titles, which shows that Your Majesty is not stingy with rewards. Your Majesty also said in court that all the heroes should be able to escape unscathed. Perhaps, you are the third Chehou." Gan Luo's words were very attractive, making Bao Bailing feel short of breath and unable to control himself.
No one can refuse the title of Chehou, which is the highest title for Qin officials. After Bao Bailingzhi took a few heavy breaths, he stroked his chest and said with a wry smile:
"Lingzhi didn't hear anything." Gan Luo smiled contemptuously.
"You have no guts," Bao Bailing said as if he hadn't heard anything. There was only one reason for him to escape from Chehou's temptation.
If you can be the Marquis of Che, why doesn't Gan Luo report it? Bao Bailingzhi didn't have much talent, but he was definitely not a fool.
When Gan Luo saw Bao Bailingzhi no longer speaking, a look of disappointment flashed in his eyes. He casually picked up a piece of hay from the bed, held it in his mouth, and said casually:
"How did you get in?" Bao Bai was a little stunned. We also have people here. I just said it and came in. Your Majesty, did you forget that we have people working here?
Now I carefully explained the process of entering Xianyang Prison. I found an insider, took the key, walked to Xianyang Prison, and opened the cell door.
After finishing speaking, Bao Bailingzhi felt that what he said was all nonsense.
"It went so well." Gan Luo frowned and muttered to himself after hearing this.
"With my brother's style of beating snakes to death, how could he let you in so easily?" Xianyang Prison is a prison where important prisoners are held. Visitors are not allowed and no entry or exit is allowed.
"I don't know." Bao Bailingzhi replied honestly. Is Shang Qing having some random thoughts... He thinks it's okay to be able to enter and exit Xianyang Prison, and it's not the first time he has done such a thing.
"I didn't ask you." Gan Luo said impatiently:
"I know you don't know anything." Bao Bai Lingzhi stood sincerely, not daring to speak. The scene fell silent for a moment.
Gan Luo said nothing, holding hay in his mouth and thinking. Bao Bailing did not dare to speak and waited for Shang Qing to finish thinking.
After half a cup of tea, Gan Luo suddenly said:
"When will I die?" This sentence frightened Bao Bailingzhi so much. The head of the doctoral department never thought that Gan Luo, who led the aristocratic family, would die.
His tongue was a little knotted and he said:
"Go up, go up, your Majesty will not die." From Bao Bai Lingzhi's words, Gan Luo knew that his case, which had solid evidence and collected both personal and material evidence, had never entered the trial stage.
As long as it does not enter the trial stage, he will not die. Brother, if you don’t kill me, why are you arresting me?
What trick are you thinking of? Gan Luo's face was gloomy, and for the first time he couldn't figure out what kind of medicine his childhood brother was selling in the gourd.
He thought he was being captured for a beheading operation, killing him so that the family would be leaderless and killing the chickens to scare the monkeys.
But now it seems that his life safety has been greatly guaranteed. A Qin official of his level died, and as a doctor, Bao Bailingzhi would definitely hear about it, unless the First Emperor sent someone to assassinate him.
Before Gan Luo entered Xianyang Prison, he received a tip from Tingwei's right prisoner and made many plans for himself, preparing to be released together during the trial stage.
However, Li Si, who was in charge of Tingwei, refused to review the case, and all his plans were unable to be carried out. Before entering Xianyang Prison, he thought he would be able to get out soon and be able to compete with Ying Chengyu in the trial stage.
If he knew that Ying Chengyu would leave him alone after taking him to Xianyang Prison, he would definitely not enter so calmly.
"It's time for people to die on the balcony." Gan Luo's eyes flashed with murderous intent.
"I don't know." Bao Bailingzhi shook his head. Gan Luo stood up, kicked Bao Bailing's leg, and said disgustedly:
"Get out!" Bao Bailingzhi resisted the severe pain in his legs, bowed 90 degrees and bowed deeply, and walked backwards to leave Xianyang Prison.
"Come back." After hearing Gan Luo's call, Bao Bai turned around and returned to Gan Luo lamely when he walked to the prison door.
"Your Majesty has more instructions." Brother, you are benevolent and righteous, but I am not benevolent and righteous. Now that you are doing so with ease and making me confused, don't blame me for making it difficult for you to maintain.
Not only am I going to kill people on the tower, but I am also going to make you a loser, and Your Majesty can’t stop you! A fierce look flashed in Gan Luo's eyes, and he roughly tore open the lapel of Bao Bailing's clothes and took out the glass beads.
