For several days, Zhang Ji held a party with his wives and concubines at home, and it was almost dark and day and night were reversed.
The front door of Zhang Ji's mansion has not been opened for seven consecutive days, and the male owner of this mansion is either in the room of a wife or concubine, or in a specially built room, lying on the bed that can accommodate all the wives and concubines in the mansion. They had fun on the big bed, and even the meals were brought in by the maids.
Zhang Ji's behavior was a little too arrogant, and he even didn't go to the Yulin Army's barracks, leaving all the traps to the omnipotent and hard-working tool man Zhi Ri.
This made Gongsun Li, who wanted to come to see Zhang Ji, a little anxious, but Zhang Ji had already told the housekeeper that unless Ying Zheng and Zhao Ji came to see him, even Prime Minister Lu Buwei was not allowed to open the door to welcome guests.
A few days ago, Zhi Auchi came to visit Zhang Ji and wanted to talk to Zhang Ji about the selling prices of paper and books in the coming period, but he still received a rejection.
Zhang Ji's behavior finally aroused dissatisfaction among the censors, who wrote a letter of impeachment.
However, this time the impeachment of the censors was approved by the censor Wang Wan.
According to Wang Wan's words...
"It's okay. For these style issues, you can impeach me if you should. You don't have to ask me. The Weiwei won't argue with you."
Seeing Wang Wan nonchalantly waving his hand for them to go down and write the impeachment memorial, the censors also gained some courage to write the impeachment memorial.
However, when Ying Zheng saw these memorials, he seemed not to care and only approved one sentence.
"Wei Wei has made great contributions to the Qin Dynasty. Although the small details are damaged, the big ones are not lost and the country is not harmed."
What Ying Zheng said is that Zhang Ji has made great contributions to the Qin Dynasty and shed blood for the Qin Dynasty. His lust is just human nature and does not violate the laws of the Qin Dynasty. It does not delay things, so you should not care about it.
And this was already within Wang Wan's expectation.
Zhang Ji, despite being careless in his actions, openly went against the Qin country's custom of being frugal and abstaining from extravagance. He treated his wives and concubines to the utmost luxury in food, clothing, housing and transportation, but he himself was not like this. Even the clothes he wore were from the Queen Mother's order. For sewing, you don’t really spend much on yourself.
Besides, people are neither greedy nor robbing, it’s all their own money.
While various departments of the central government of Qin and local counties and counties were asking Zhisu Neishi Ciqiong to allocate money and food, Zhisu Neishi had to beg Zhang Ji to give him more time to repay the loan.
Everything Zhang Ji did seemed absurd, but it did not violate the laws of Qin.
Of course, whether it violated the laws of Qin and dealt with Zhang Ji ultimately depends on the degree of favor Ying Zheng, the King of Qin, has in him.
If Ying Zheng really hated Zhang Ji, then Zhang Ji's breathing would be the crime of being divided into pieces.
But given Zhang Ji's great achievements and the great favor he received from Ying Zheng and Zhao Ji, let alone Zhang Ji not violating Qin's laws, even if he did violate Qin's laws, how would he deal with something that was not Ying Zheng's word?
This is the characteristic of the feudal era. No matter how strict and harsh the laws are, they are always customized to meet the needs of the rulers.
Moreover, Zhang Ji's attitude after his great achievements and these absurd behaviors made Ying Zheng feel satisfied even if he did not favor Zhang Ji.
If an official who has made great achievements is proud of himself, he will be disliked by the king sooner or later; if he is too humble, he will be doubted by the king.
Zhang Ji's approach is the most perfect.
Don't make big mistakes, keep making small mistakes.
The ministers who have the handle and can be controlled by the king are the ministers who can stay with the king for a long time.
Furthermore, whenever one becomes an official, whether it is for fame or profit, how many people are willing to risk their lives for the sake of the world?
A person who is a minister does not love power, is not greedy for money, and is not interested in lust. So what do you want?
Wang Wan looked at the censors who looked confused after receiving Ying Zheng's approval. He sat at his desk and took a sip of tea quietly.
He is worthy of being a descendant of Zhang Zi, and the way of serving as an official is truly passed down by Zhang Zi.
The power of ordinary ministers seems to be based on merit, but in the final analysis it still comes from the king.
Zhang Ji's behavior will maintain the relationship between him and Ying Zheng as both teacher and friend for a long time, so that his favor will last for a long time.
As long as Zhang Ji's favor in the hearts of Ying Zheng and Zhao Ji does not fade, even if Zhang Ji becomes a city gate official, he will probably be the most untouchable city gate official in the world.
However, what Wang Wan didn't expect was that Zhang Ji... didn't actually think that much.
There is a slight intention of self-destruction, but it is more of a true character, and self-destruction is not only not the purpose, but in Zhang Ji's case it becomes an excuse for his debauchery.
Zhangtai Palace
Ying Zheng stretched and rubbed his sore eyebrows.
The war had just ended, the generals could relax, and the civil servants had fewer affairs, but he had more things to deal with.
There was already a backlog of matters in the court that were inconvenient for Zhao Ji to deal with, waiting for his approval, and the second was the reward for this battle.
The Qin army gained a lot in this battle, but the actual land they obtained was not much. The Qin army had as many as one million people participating in the battle, most of whom had made more or less contributions. Many fields and houses had to be sealed off at once. It was also a huge expense for Qin's treasury.
Fortunately, the construction progress of the canal that Zheng Guo was responsible for building was nearing completion. It would be completed in two or three months at most. By then, Qin State would not have to worry about food and grass problems.
"Sir, send these memorials to..."
There are only three people in the world who can be called sir by Ying Zheng.
Zhang Ji, Han Fei, and Gai Nie.
Although Gai Nie, who is also Ying Zheng's teacher and friend, is Ying Zheng's bodyguard, as a real and unknown doctor, Gai Nie's status in Ying Zheng's heart is absolutely transcendent, and he has almost become Ying Zheng's accompanying secretary.
But when Ying Zheng raised his head, he found a vermilion figure standing next to Gai Nie and was slightly startled.
"Mother, when did you come?"
Ying Zheng stood up quickly, but it was difficult to get up because his legs were sore and numb due to kneeling for a long time. Zhao Ji couldn't help but feel a touch of distress on her face, and stepped forward to hold Ying Zheng down.
"Zheng'er is still so diligent, but he must also pay attention to his body."
Zhao Ji skillfully stretched out her hands and massaged Ying Zheng's legs, soothing the soreness and numbness in his thighs.
"Back in Zhao State, Zheng'er was like this when he was reading. Once he was immersed in it, he forgot about time and couldn't notice any movement happening around him."
Zhao Ji's always sharp and narrow phoenix eyes softened, and the skillful movements in her hands reminded Ying Zheng of childhood memories.
More than ten years have passed since he was a proton, and he has grown up, but his mother... Ying Zheng's eyes fell on Zhao Ji's face, which was even more beautiful than before. Not only did she not age, she looked On the contrary, he is getting younger.
Ying Zheng knew that it was the beauty-preserving effect of Zhang Ji's Panchi Giant Anaconda inner elixir. Now he was walking side by side with Zhao Ji. If someone didn't know the situation, they would even think that Zhao Ji was his concubine or sister. , will not think about the relationship between the two as mother and son at all.
"Mother, do you have anything important to do when you come today?"
Feeling the fatigue gradually fade away, Ying Zheng asked.
I had previously heard from Zhao Ji's personal maid, Li Wu, that Zhao Ji had been exhausted some time ago and had handled a lot of government affairs for him, and also visited various places in Guanzhong for her to appease people.
But he knew that Zhao Ji was not the kind of person who liked power and good reputation, otherwise she would not have handed over the power in her hands to him without saying a word and helped him govern. Therefore, Zhao Ji came today because there might be something else. reason.
"It's a small matter. The queen wants to stay in Li Palace for a few days and relieve her fatigue in Li Shan Tang."
When Ying Zheng heard this, he was a little surprised at first, and then he couldn't help laughing.
"This gentleman has actually set his sights on the Queen Mother."
A few days ago, Ying Zheng asked Zhang Ji if there was any reward he wanted, such as some rare treasures in the palace treasury.
After all, Zhang Jili's contribution was too great, and he was not short of money. Ying Zheng felt that he should give something more in terms of official positions and titles to show his favor. At the same time, he also told the people of the world that the Qin State did not care about his origin or nationality, as long as he Anyone with talent will be highly rewarded.
But Zhang Ji didn't ask for any gold or jewelry, but wanted the right to use Lishan Tang.
Lishan Hot Spring is a hot spring on Lishan Mountain. Only the King of Qin, the Queen and the Queen Mother can use it.
Ying Zheng refused, feeling that such a reward was a bit ridiculous. It was not that he couldn't bear it, but that it was a bit unworthy of the table. However, Zhang Ji persisted in asking for this reward, but was eventually rejected by Ying Zheng.
At this moment, as soon as Zhao Ji spoke, Ying Zheng reacted.
Zhang Ji actually set his sights on his mother.
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