If the parallel system of prefectures and states plus the extension of grace orders nominally prevented the world from being divided, then Che Tonggui implemented this concept in practice.
Cars and tracks are consistent across the world, breaking the rut blockades in various places, and truly achieving no barriers.
And this was naturally detrimental to the Qin nobles who regarded the fiefdom as their own private land.
They also thought that after the First Emperor a hundred years later, Prince Ying Fusu would succeed to the throne and the world would be truly divided.
The same track has many benefits for Qin. It is a big step towards national unification and has great strategic significance.
As the saying goes, if you want to be rich, build roads first.
Taking the repaired roads leading to all parts of the world as the root and the world's ruts as the flesh and blood, this will be able to lead Qin to a new life.
But for the nobles.
On a larger scale, the rut is fixed and the Qin State is unbreakable. For them, it means that the promotion path is blocked. They will only be able to serve Qin and not be able to form a country of their own.
On a smaller scale, the fixed ruts meant that they could not ride six or eight horses in their own fiefdoms, which limited their expression of enjoyment and power.
Self-interest and national interests are no longer consistent. This is the real reason why Yao Jia opposed the same track, and also the reason why all the nobles in the court opposed it.
And Lu Buwei, who exposed all this, should have been one of the beneficiaries. We should maintain a tacit understanding with the officials on this matter, and no one should talk about making a fortune in silence.
But Lu Buwei spoke out, making everything clear and clear.
Half of the ministers' eyes were focused on Lu Buwei, and half were focused on Zuo Prime Minister Li Si. There was hatred in their eyes, just like Li Si, who was determined to implement the county system.
This is betrayal!
It’s also a betrayal!
Originally observing his own mind, Li Si, who had his eyes slightly closed, did not avoid these glances. Instead, he opened his eyes wide and stared back one by one with a fierce light.
[Fly-camping dog-gouging disciples! How dare you disrespect Sri Lanka? I don’t know the truth! ]
After those courtiers were glared back by Li Si, Prime Minister Zuo of Great Qin snorted coldly, thinking that the king must have left. His mind suddenly became extremely clear, like a divine enlightenment.
"I understand, this is also the case in your eyes." A wry smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, and the new prime minister said softly: "I am no different from these arrogant people, but they only laugh at fifty steps and a hundred steps..."
"Zuo Xiangxiang has some insights. Would you like to talk to Wanyan?"
Wang Wan, the right prime minister sitting next to Li Si, heard Li Si whispering softly to himself and spoke.
The old prime minister wanted to know, what did Li Si mean by this sentence?
I want to know how Li Si, who betrayed his own interests and did such a stupid thing, could still have a sense of superiority that everyone is drunk and I am alone.
Li Si still responded with a voice that could only be heard by Wang Wan who was nearest.
"You can't understand Jiang Shang's actions, and you can't understand the actions of Lord Chang'an. The difference of one thought can be a thousand miles away. The world is changed by a few people. Your Majesty is like this, Lord Chang'an is like this. You and I are lucky to be able to follow."
[Nonsense, it’s just that I am your Majesty’s Shang Lord, and I use this to excuse Chang’an Lord, which is unreasonable. ]
[Lü Buwei was originally the leader of the court, but he re-entered the court to betray himself. How come so many crazy people are doing crazy things recently? It’s really ridiculous. ]
Wang Wan pondered.
He said softly: "Wan is taught."
Lu Buwei, who was hostile to the ministers, did not glare back one by one like Li Si. Instead, he only stared at the famous name Yao Jia with his eyes that could not see the bottom of the abyss, and nodded slightly.
"I've finished my words."
After saying that, he actually sat down on the ground.
When the outcome of the argument with Yao Jia was inconclusive, and the outcome was related to the official position of the prime minister, who was the most important minister, he left first.
Yao Jia's face turned pale, his eyes followed Lu Buwei, and he opened his mouth slightly without revealing anything. It wasn't that he didn't know what to say, or that he was speechless.
There are thousands of words in his heart, and there are beautiful things in his chest. Lu Buwei, who is confident that he can speak, is speechless.
Being able to handle this matter both emotionally and rationally is beneficial to oneself, and he is known as a famous person who lives up to his burden.
The reason why he didn't speak was because he knew that no matter what he said, it would be meaningless.
The referee who decided the outcome of this debate was the First Emperor. All the courtiers in the palace who Yao Jia could say were on his side, but the First Emperor who could not be said stood behind him.
Butt determines thinking.
The interests of his heroes are naturally at odds with the interests of the First Emperor in this matter. No matter how much he talks or how contagious he is, it will be useless.
As long as the First Emperor follows the thinking model established by Lu Buwei, all his sophistry and thinking patterns will be broken.
He's like an identified werewolf in a Werewolf game. No matter how superb his words are, as long as his identity remains unchanged, everything is false.
Yao Jia didn't need to turn around to know that the Emperor's eyes must not have a trace of tenderness when looking at him at this moment.
[The second time...the second time! Li Si was like this, Dunwei was like this, and so was this Jiang Shang who appeared out of nowhere! ]
[Are you the king? Are you from the royal family? How dare you say this! You all deserve to die! ]
If the First Emperor had not been present, Yao Jia would have scolded and cursed Lu Buwei in the most vicious language in his life.
This is not a narrow way to win by injuring the enemy by one thousand and losing eight hundred to oneself. This is a foolish and foolish move in which one loses twenty thousand to the enemy.
"Jiang Shang, the strategy has not yet been decided, why are you sitting down?" The First Emperor pretended to be puzzled and said: "You don't want to be the prime minister anymore?"
After being called by the First Emperor, Lu Buwei, who had just sat down, had no choice but to get up. He suspected that the First Emperor was torturing him by avenging his personal grudges.
"The king's heart is at ease with right and wrong."
"Hahahahahaha!"
The First Emperor laughed heartily, and no one understood why Jiang Shang's words made the first Emperor, who looked gloomy today, so happy.
[What kind of background is this Jiang Shang that his majesty's emotions can fluctuate so much with just one sentence? ]
[Listening to his remarks, could it be that he is a relative? His sister is His Majesty’s concubine? Can his nephew be king? ]
[The crown prince has been decided, is he Concubine Zheng’s brother? It is laying the opportunity for the prince to prosper. ]
[Zheng Guoji’s surname is not Jiang, Jiang Shang is a pseudonym! If he wasn't a relative of the prince, how could he dare to give up the chance of a fiefdom! ]
He was thinking wildly for the most elite ministers in the world, trying to find a reasonable explanation for Lu Buwei's words and deeds and the performance of the First Emperor.
But people can't make money outside their cognition, and they can't think of things outside their cognition.
They cannot understand that Ying Chengyu, the most noble person, is bent on rebelling against the nobles and pursuing freedom, equality, and democracy.
He also couldn't understand why Lu Buwei didn't care about the fiefdom or family.
Just like in this world for many years, the Mohists have been rejected by all schools of thought, and it is assumed that all Mohists are madmen.
"You call me king! Hahahahaha!"
The First Emperor laughed and walked down from the high platform. He was at Lu Buwei's side in a blink of an eye.
Few of the ministers knew what the First Emperor meant by his words. Your Majesty is the king...
Veteran Meng Ao sighed secretly, he didn't even expect to know the inside story. Being recognized as king by Lu Buwei personally, the First Emperor would have such a huge reaction.
Lu Buwei naturally bowed his head in front of the First Emperor and raised his hands.
"Jiang Shang pays homage to His Majesty."
Lu Buwei, the former prime minister who almost captured him alive and did not recognize him as the king, and the powerful Wenxinhou Lu Buwei of the Qin State, finally bowed his head in front of him and recognized his identity as the king.
The First Emperor felt extremely happy in his heart, and the resentment that had accumulated in his chest for nearly ten years disappeared, and he vomited it all!
"Sir, please get up."
The First Emperor held Lu Buwei's hands with both hands and helped him stand up.
Looking at this former important minister, veteran minister, and powerful minister who once hated him to the core, it would be false to say that there is no hatred, but the hatred is as clear as water and is difficult to see.
The First Emperor was relieved.
The First Emperor took Lu Buwei's hand and led him to the front of Xianyang Hall with all the officials paying attention.
Then he stepped onto the high platform in three steps and then stood in front of the throne, pointing at Lu Buwei.
He smiled and said loudly: "I worship Mr. Jiang as the Prime Minister. From now on, the memorial will be sent to the Prime Minister's Mansion first, Mr. Jiang will read it, and then it will be reported to Zhangtai Palace!"
The ministers suddenly raised their heads, their eyes full of disbelief.
Reviewing memorials has always been the prerogative of the First Emperor. The reason is that he was regarded as a puppet by the traitor Lu Buwei, and he could only criticize the memorials reviewed by Lu Buwei.
[Anyone who dares to interfere with His Majesty’s right to review memorials is seeking death. Why is it given to Jiang Shang today? ]
The ministers looked up and suddenly raised their heads, as if they were shocked. Lu Buwei didn't know why he was so favored by the First Emperor.
If it weren't for the exposed skin of Lu Buwei's hands and neck, as well as the old voice, one could tell that he was an old man.
All the officials thought that the face under the black scarf was the prince Ying Fusu who was far away in Shangjun.
This authority is too great.
"I dare not accept this!"
Lu Buwei was no longer the same Lu Buwei as before. He immediately bowed in a deep voice and asked the First Emperor to take back his life.
Yao Jia, who had previously been determined to win the position of prime minister, shook his head bitterly. He didn't want to continue to be embarrassed and sat down slowly.
No one cares about this minister who once received the highest salary of Qin State, two thousand dan, except himself.
[Why has it come to this? ]
Yao Jia, who believed that he had done nothing wrong, asked himself, "There is no famous person who values names and truths, observes the principles of heaven and earth, and understands everything, and cannot answer for himself."
"If I say you can do it, you can do it."
The First Emperor was very decisive.
If it were in private, he would definitely ask you: Lu Buwei did this more than ten years ago, isn't he already used to this? This is not the first review.
"I will ask the Prime Minister on the left and the Prime Minister on the right to review it together and decide which memorial should be sent to Zhangtai Palace. Then I will ask the imperial censor to supervise and review the memorial so that no one can do it."
After many years in Chang'an Junfu, Lu Buwei learned about the shortcomings of dictatorship, that people's hearts are unpredictable, and that the legal system is far more reliable than morality.
The First Emperor looked deeply at Lu Buwei.
"Mr. Yi."
Prime Minister Li Si on the left and Prime Minister Wang Wan on the right looked at each other, both expressing surprise and satisfaction.
If according to what the First Emperor said, Lu Buwei, the Prime Minister's Mansion, is the only one who dominates, and the two Prime Ministers are just decorations.
As Lu Buwei said, he divided his power into three. Although the official positions of the two prime ministers were still nominally one level lower than that of the prime minister, their actual power was almost the same as that of the prime minister, and they could not simply be regarded as subordinate to the prime minister.
Feng Quji, the imperial censor who had not said a few words during the entire court meeting, was overjoyed.
Although it usually has the power of supervision, it is seldom or even never used. Otherwise, the position of imperial censor would not be jokingly called deputy prime minister.
But after Lu Buwei said this, he wanted to supervise the memorial issued by the Prime Minister's Mansion. Serve as a barrier for the First Emperor to prevent the Prime Minister's Office from alienating the First Emperor.
Although his official position has not changed, his power has suddenly increased a lot.
[With this power, I don’t have to be under Wang Wan! Jiang Shang, who is this person...]
The First Emperor sat back on the throne.
"Sir, you only taught me how to drive on the same track, but you haven't taught me how to walk on the same track."
Lu Buwei, who had been away from Xianyang Palace for ten years and returned to the summit on the first day, spoke in a deep voice.
"The books have the same text, the chariots track the same track, and the actions are the same. They are all based on the idea that all the people in the world will be the land of Qin, and all the people will be the people of Qin. The three measures are different, but the principles are the same, and they must all be implemented."
The First Emperor glanced at the ministers, put one hand on his knee, and leaned forward slightly.
He said in a deep voice: "But I see that all the princes in the palace have dissatisfied expressions, and they seem not to be optimistic about this move. One person is planning for shortcomings, and everyone is planning for shortcomings. How can a policy that goes against the wishes of all the princes be right?"
Before the hopes of the ministers could rise, Lu Buwei turned around and glanced at the ministers behind him, and chuckled contemptuously.
The ministers sat peacefully.
glare.
The veteran Meng Ao cursed in a low voice and covered his mouth for Nei Shi's grandson.
"All the gentlemen regard me as an enemy, but no one dares to stand up and argue. The candle cannot be extinguished if it is not blown out, and the reason cannot be explained. This scene is enough to show that all the gentlemen are wrong."
The ministers were so angry that if they were born in modern times, they would insist on saying that they do not talk about martial ethics.
Lu Buwei turned around.
After ten years, the voice of Xiangbang resounded throughout the Xianyang Palace, dominating the highest palace of power in the Qin State.
"Le Yi led the army alone to avenge Qi's attack on Yan. He took 70 cities of Qi and almost destroyed Qi. Tian Danhuo Niu defeated Yan, and recovered 70 cities with one city of Jimo to restore Qi. Bai Qi, Lord Wu'an, defeated Chu's attack Zhao, in the name of massacre, left the world without a powerful country.
"It can be seen that those who can change the current situation are not ordinary beings, but a king as knowledgeable and visionary as Your Majesty. If you doubt yourself because others are unreasonable and blindly oppose, this is really not what a king does."
"I second the motion! Your Majesty is the king, and all decisions you make are correct. Your Majesty will never make mistakes!"
One person immediately stood up and spoke loudly.
Judging from the fact that he started in the doctor's area, he was none other than Dr. Zhou Qingchen of the Qin Dynasty, who was regarded as a traitor by the court officials.
The First Emperor smiled approvingly.
"Of all the discussions in this palace, Zhou Qingchen's words are the most pleasing to the ear."
Zhou Qingchen was overjoyed and immediately knelt on the ground, bowing to the ground.
"It is a great blessing for Qingchen to make His Majesty smile!"
Most of the ministers cursed.
"Nie Chen!"
"Thief!"
"shameless!"
"Disgraceful to politeness!"
"..."
The hostility to Lu Buwei was due to interests, and the contempt for Zhou Qingchen was purely due to being disgusted by him.
The First Emperor couldn't hear the officials below whispering to themselves, but he could tell by looking at their faces that he knew what they were thinking.
"Ten gold rewards!"
The First Emperor waved his hand, and Zhou Qingchen expressed his gratitude again.
This ten gold is not much to the courtiers, and its actual value is not great, but its symbolic significance is great.
Lu Buwei was able to get the chancellorship because he was considering the First Emperor. That was all. How could a sycophant like Zhou Qingchen get a reward?
The ministers felt as if they had swallowed a dead fly.
The First Emperor sneered inwardly.
[I feel very sad because you were forced to turn away like a dragon. ]
