The servants in Chang'an Township all knew that the young master's uncle was back, and since then they had an additional master.
The master is kind-hearted and not too arrogant. Within a few days, everyone got along well with each other.
Li Jinong learned from the steward that his nephew had been touring the east with His Majesty for some time, so he didn't know how long it would take to meet his uncle and nephew!
Of course, it was his nephew's blessing to be able to follow the Eastern Patrol, and it also reflected the emperor's trust in his nephew. He sighed that his nephew was so promising.
Li Jinong came to Chang'an Township for a few days, and it really felt like he was back to the time when the Li family was in its heyday, no, in its heyday. First of all, from a business point of view, his nephew had a way to make money. From an official career, not only was he a young man, He is still a general with a thousand men. Although his official position is not very big, it is the realization of the dream that the Li family has always had. Becoming a powerful person is no longer a dream.
Li Jinong expects when will he become a real powerful person?
What he thought in his mind soon came true. Within a few days, an imperial edict came to Chang'an Township. During the eastward patrol, his nephew annihilated all the bandits in one fell swoop. For his meritorious service in escorting, he was named a general and was given fifteen titles.
Li Jinong went completely crazy, and Chang'an Township fell into madness. The general has one hundred thousand troops. He is already a person with real power, and he still has great power. His title is even more incredible, fifteen! The person who is second only to the peak of the powerful, that is to say, starting from today, Chang'an Township has stepped into the powerful family and become a veritable noble.
This matter passed in the excitement of Chang'an Township. Finally, the east patrol team came back, and Li Zhao also returned to Chang'an Township. When the uncle and nephew met, they were filled with emotion and excitement.
Tears gathered together, pity for the predecessors, how sad, but looking at now, so happy.
Chang'an Township is celebrating, but there is a storm lurking in the court, and everyone seems to be in danger.
It was not for anything else but that the emperor was attacked during his eastward tour, and the powerful and powerful people wanted to rebel. This was something that had never happened since the unification of Qin.
A few days later, the emperor announced to the world that Zhao Gao rebelled during his eastward patrol and was sentenced to be cut in half, killing three generations. Li Sin was an accomplice, removed from all official positions, and thrown into prison, but he did not kill three generations.
Li Zhao was not shocked when he heard the news. Instead, he felt that it was in line with the emperor's style. Historically, it was commented that although Qin Shihuang was violent, he never killed his ministers. This is confirmed from here.
Of course, Zhao Gaonai really rebelled and colluded with the bandits, which is what he should be, but he was much kinder to Li Si.
There is also Hu Hai. Although he has not made it known to the world, he has been relegated to the cold palace by the emperor and will never be allowed to enter the government.
Li Zhao finally breathed a sigh of relief. This historical Qin II did not succeed to the throne after all, and he also avoided the evil act of killing his brothers and sisters.
Of course, Li Zhao no longer needs to think about escaping from Da Qin. Hu Hai did not succeed to the throne and Fu Su did not die. Then there would be no way to divide the world after the death of the First Emperor, Da Qin would not fall into civil strife, and there would be no Zhao Gao pretending to be a deer.
It seems that life has fallen into peace and he can develop his career with peace of mind.
In late autumn, it was time for the rice to be harvested. The housekeeper said that he had made a preliminary estimate and found that Huanghuazhan should be able to produce eight stones per mu. Li Zhao was a little relieved. As long as he had eight stones, he could complete the task given to him by the emperor. He was considered to have it. An explanation.
The hybrid rice has also matured. He took the time to take a look. Judging from the number of rice ears, as he guessed, the yield per mu of this rice is very likely to reach 1,000 kilograms. One thousand kilograms is almost sixteen shi. This amount was too shocking, but it was twice the amount promised to the emperor. If someone knew about it, he really didn't know how to explain it.
After all, this is beyond the scope of cognition.
As a last resort, he specifically ordered his servants to block the existence of hybrid rice and make a fortune alone after the harvest.
No, it can't be said to be a big fortune. One hundred thousand seeds sounds like a lot, but in fact it's just average. Moreover, there is another drawback of hybrid rice, which is that it can only be planted at one time.
In other words, although hybrid rice can produce high yields, it is only the first batch of high-yield rice. If you want to use such seeds to grow the second batch, it will be a bit stretched, and the yield per mu will inevitably drop seriously.
This is something he knew in his previous life. Of course, the packaging of hybrid rice in his previous life also warned that this type cannot be replanted.
Li Zhao was a little frustrated about this. It was rare to get such a good seed but it was like this. It was no different from not getting it.
However, Li Zhao also wanted to try planting a second batch. What if the system provided something different from later generations of hybrid rice?
hey-hey!
If that's the case, he's on a roll.
But what makes him discouraged is that Da Qin has not yet banned the suppression of business. Even if the second batch of systematic hybrid rice is not as good as the hybrid rice in the previous life, it will be useless. Selling rice is doing business, and doing business is not recommended.
In addition to heavy taxes, if a poor businessman leads to bankruptcy, he will be exiled.
His family had already experienced something like this once, and he didn't want to experience it a second time.
If you want to do business, you have to wait for the ban to suppress business!
The same goes for fertilizers. It is impossible to mass-produce without banning and suppressing business. Paper is of course an exception. After all, this is related to the imperial examination. Even if it is classified as doing business, some people do not dare to make a decision.
After all, this was approved by Qin Shi Huang himself.
However, for the sake of a happy life in the future and to become the richest man in the Qin Dynasty, he had to persuade Qin Shihuang to ban the suppression of business as soon as possible. After all, he was the chief general.
Wait, General.
Li Zhao slapped his head. If he hadn't thought about it now, he would have forgotten that he was the commander-in-chief, personally appointed by the emperor. But it was strange that he was the commander-in-chief and Qin Shihuang didn't let him take office, let alone assign troops to him.
Similar to nothing.
"No, I must give His Majesty a hint when I have time to see when he will let me become a regular official."
Just as he was thinking this, suddenly Eunuch Shang Xin Shang ran over, as hurriedly as ever.
This Eunuch Shang is also very lucky. He was suppressed by Zhao Gao before. Now that Zhao Gao is gone, he should become a regular person.
Not to mention, Shang Xin has become a regular official. He has now become the emperor's closest contact, but he does not have an official position like Zhao Gao.
"Master Li. No, General Li. Your Majesty invites you to follow me into the palace."
Li Zhao didn't hesitate and followed him away.
Li Jinong was watching beside him, his heart was filled with joy. He never expected that his nephew would be so favored by His Majesty, and even let the eunuch come to invite him in person.
"Guangzong Yaozu!"
Seeing Li Zhao like this, I feel much better. At least he has fulfilled the instructions given to him by his elder brother. Although Li Zhao fought for all this, the result is the same, isn't it?
Li Zhao hurried to Zhangtai Palace, where the emperor was waiting for him.
After some salutes, the emperor got straight to the point.
"Li Zhao, I have asked you to come today for something important. You must not refuse. You must speak your mind." Ying Zheng is taking a precaution. This matter is related to the fate of the country and is an important matter. Listen. Voices only influence some decisions.
And his expression became more and more serious. Li Zhao also felt the importance of this matter and nodded heavily.
"Let me ask you, what do you think about the bandits patrolling the east?"
It's about opinions again. Li Zhao slandered that every time Qin Shihuang came to him to talk about something, it was all about his opinions. However, the emperor had already made it clear to him, so how could he reject it anymore, so he said: "I think there is someone capable who is obstructing it."
This is not nonsense. Judging from various aspects of the eastward patrol, everything has the shadow of the time traveler. If he is not the leading force, no one will believe it.
"Oh!" Ying Zheng frowned and asked quickly: "What trouble did you find?" This is an obvious fact. Without a capable person to plan it, there would not be so many bandits rebelling, let alone such a situation. A well-crafted magical weapon.
Of course, Li Zhao is an exception.
This problem really stumped Li Zhao. He couldn't possibly say that time-travelers were causing trouble, right? Even Qin Shihuang couldn't understand it, let alone believe it.
After thinking for a while, he said: "Your Majesty, do you still remember the bandit suppression in Saga Mountain? At that time, I captured a bandit, and he once said a name in fright, called 'Xiang Gong'."
Ying Zheng nodded, he also heard this from Tie Ying.
"What kind of person do you think Mr. Xiang is?"
If no trace of the time-travelers had been found, Li Zhao might have said it was Xiang Liang or Xiang Yu, but the appearance of the time-travelers made him reject this theory. Xiang Yu and his like were not time-travelers.
But he didn’t know the details of the time traveler, so what should he say?
Just when he was about to respond vaguely, the emperor's urgent voice came out again: "Is it Xiang Liang or Liu Bang?"
oh!
Li Zhao was stunned and secretly thought that the news about Qin Shihuang was good! He actually knew Liu Bang. You must know that Liu Bang was still a pavilion chief at this moment and was not very famous. How could the emperor know about him?
I sighed secretly for a moment, the emperor was not as ignorant as he saw. Of course, as the emperor, how could he be ignorant?
In fact, Li Zhao was wrong. The reason why he knew Liu Bang was because of his voice.
As for Xiang Liang, it is reasonable for Huang Neng to tell him. After all, Xiang Liang is also a famous person.
"I don't think so. The six kingdoms were destroyed and the Great Qin was resurrected. How could the remnants dare to rebel under His Majesty's pressure?"
Ying Zheng nodded.
Li Zhao added: "Of course, if His Majesty loses the world, it will be difficult to say."
"Oh! What is losing the world? Keep talking." Ying Zheng became interested.
"Your Majesty, have you ever thought about why we haven't heard anything about the bandits gathering more than 10,000 people?"
Ying Zheng's body froze for a moment and signaled Li Zhao to continue.
"Under normal circumstances, even if there is a hint of trouble among the thieves, they will be discovered, but in fact there is not. What does this mean? I don't need to tell you that your Majesty can guess it."
Yes, it was a big move to recruit and assemble the bandits. It was impossible for such a thing to happen under the eyes of the imperial court without the involvement or concealment of officials.
It is unrealistic to say that Zhao Gao did everything. Zhao Gao was sent out to contact Xu Fu, so how could he have time to pay attention to all this? Even if he did, he would not be able to hide it from the imperial court.
It can be said that the network of relationships here is very wide! There's definitely more involved.
Ying Zheng paced back and forth, and the next moment he became furious and said: "How dare someone rebel?" His anger only lasted for a moment, but he soon calmed down.
After all, there is no use getting angry at this moment. What needs to be done now is to find out who is responsible.
"If it were you, how would you check?"
The emperor's eyes fell on Li Zhao and stared at him intently.
Li Zhao couldn't bear to be seen like this, and he quickly said: "I don't have this ability. Even if I did, with my status, I can't deal with them even if I find something."
In fact, it is not impossible to investigate the matter thoroughly.
If the time traveler makes such a big noise, he must have some agenda. What is his agenda? It's nothing more than power or country, no matter what it is, what is needed is capable people.
Since you are a time traveler, you must be familiar with some historical celebrities, such as Xiang Yu, Liu Bang, Han Xin, etc. If you follow the clues and contact these people, it is not difficult to find traces of the time traveler. As for the party members in North Korea and China, it is actually not difficult. Let Hei Bingtai Just supervise hundreds of officials.
Others don't know Hei Bingtai, but as a reborn person, he knows very well that they are similar to people like Dongchang and Xichang, and their sphere of influence is very wide.
It is the best organization for supervising hundreds of officials.
However, it is impossible to do this without great power.
"You?" Upon hearing Li Zhao's words, Ying Zheng was so angry that his beard trembled.
Is this guy hinting to give him another promotion? He is really greedy. He is already the commander-in-chief, has 100,000 troops, and is still stationed in Xianyang. Is there anyone he dare not touch?
You know, after returning to the court, he immediately ordered the captain to let Li Zhao succeed him as the general. He must have already taken over!
"Li Zhao listens to the decree. I order you to be the censor, and thoroughly investigate the collusion between the powerful and the bandits. There must be no mistakes." Ying Zheng did not want to talk too much with Li Zhao, so he issued the decree directly.
When Li Zhao heard this, he smiled bitterly. The emperor was making things difficult for him! He quickly knelt down, his belly almost touching the ground, and said pitifully: "Your Majesty, please let me go! I am just a small general with a thousand men, how can I take on such a big responsibility?"
"You?" Ying Zheng flicked his sleeves and said angrily: "That's nonsense. You are the commander-in-chief and command an army of 100,000 men. How can you be a small general with only a thousand men?"
Li Zhao was confused, he knew he was the general! But it's just a vacant position, there is no one hundred thousand troops, but the emperor said so, how can he refute it, could it be said that he did not allocate one hundred thousand troops for it?
Impossible, this must not be said. If he did, the emperor would definitely think that he was greedy, or maybe it was just an impulse of the emperor at that time, and he did not want to support him at all.
After all, he is a man with great weapons. If he has an army of 100,000, what will happen if he rebels? This is a question that every superior person must consider, and Qin Shihuang must be no exception.
Li Zhao did not dare to mention the matter again, but he could not accept the investigation of the collusion between powerful people. That would be courting death, not to mention that it would be impossible to do so with his two thousand soldiers.
He must make the emperor take back his life.
"Your Majesty," Li Zhao raised his head, his expression becoming very serious, "I have an idea, I don't know whether to talk about it or not?"
Ying Zheng put away his angry expression, waved his hand and said calmly: "No problem, just say it!"
"Your Majesty, does he know who the Kuaiji bandits are? Why do they want to make things difficult for you?"
When killing thieves in the sand dunes, although most of them were wiped out, they could not catch the leader. Li Zhao did not know who the leader was, but he was not obsessed with it. What he wanted to say was to let Qin Shihuang know that all thieves and bandits were farmer.
But Qin Shihuang's answer was beyond his expectation.
"The leader of the bandits in the siege of Kuaiji Mountain is Nai Zifang, and there is another one named Chen Sheng."
"Chen Sheng?" Li Zhao was surprised.
He knew about Zhang Liang's participation in the Kuaiji Mountain Encirclement and Suppression, but he didn't know about Chen Sheng, but the word "Chen Sheng" made him think deeply.
Chen Sheng, according to historical records, was the leader of the Dazeshan Uprising, but it seems that the time for the uprising has not yet come! Moreover, Qin II did not succeed to the throne, so why did he become the leader of the bandits?
(End of chapter)
