The Chen Ke who wanted to fight years ago seemed to be sleeping, as if he could never be found again.
Now Chen Ke just wants to push out the work in his hands and let the right person take over, so that he can have more leisure.
He and Li Si are two completely opposite people.
Li Si loves power, loves work, and loves the work in his hands even more. Li Si believes that the more work he has in his hands, the greater the power he has in his hands, and the more the emperor trusts him.
Chen Ke believes that the more work you have in your hands, it does mean the greater your power, but it also means that your time is being sacrificed. When the work and power accumulate to a certain level, it will arouse the fear of countless people.
Until he was feared by the emperor.
This is a very troublesome thing.
So in fact, Chen Ke is not lazy, he is just afraid of trouble and doesn't want to solve it. It's that simple.
Chen Ke yawned, and his mind began to arrange things that needed to be dealt with after the new year.
Arrange them in order from anxious to not very anxious.
The most urgent thing must be Peng Laizhou's personnel arrangements. There are still a few days left, and the annual vacation is over. The first thing I want to do is to send a letter to Peng Laizhou so that they don't have to worry about me. By the way, I will also make arrangements for Peng Laizhou's return. Unfinished business.
Chen Ke didn't want the foundation he had laid to be ruined.
The second is about the treatment of the Huns.
The Xiongnu occupied a large grassland, and even some deserts, plateaus, and even frozen soil further west and northwest.
This large area of land is in urgent need of a manager, and what Great Qin lacks most now is this kind of talent.
Chen Ke seemed to be back to the time when everything was prosperous three years ago. The ever-expanding land of Da Qin told him that he was very short of land.
Chen Ke pressed his forehead and felt a little emotional.
"Fortunately, the matter of sending manpower to the Xiongnu grassland is not my business, it is the business of Your Majesty and the Prime Minister. Let him and the others have a headache."
Thinking this, Chen Ke chuckled.
Then he was thinking about other things in his mind.
The land of the Xiongnu must be disintegrated, and suitable people must be arranged to manage and even live in it. Some tribes on the grassland that have not followed the Xiongnu can be divided and used.
When Chen Ke's thoughts spread to the grassland, he suddenly remembered something.
The king of Shang Kingdom, Di Lun, is still in the capital. The First Emperor has not yet seen King Shang, nor has he settled the matter and allowed King Shang to go back.
It is also a large area of accumulated land.
Strands of spider silk fell in the courtyard, and now Chen Ke was like the spider entrenched in the cobweb, watching the affairs pile up.
Chen Ke stood up and twisted his neck. Sitting there thinking about things all the time was a lot of pressure on his neck.
"Forget it, forget it, just deal with it one by one."
"It's time to go to the palace today. Can you check Hu Hai's schoolwork by the way?"
There was a slight smile in Chen Ke's eyes. Perhaps annoying others was one of the things he liked to do.
Especially for children like Hu Hai, the feeling of wanting to make trouble but not daring to make trouble, and being unable to speak is very interesting.
Chen Ke's happiness has always been based on the pain of others.
...........
In Hu Hai Palace
The surrounding maids and chamberlains were all standing there with their heads lowered, not daring to look at Mr. Hu Hai who was sitting at a table not far away, trying hard to catch up on his homework with his heads lowered.
I just don't know if they lowered their heads because they were afraid of seeing Hu Hai, or if they were afraid that Mr. Hu Hai would see them holding back their laughter.
Fusu sat aside, looking at Hu Hai whose hand was about to fly out of the afterimage, helplessly holding his forehead.
"So you lied to the teacher when you said you had finished your homework?"
His voice sounded a little serious at this time. For Fusu, it was a small matter that he didn't finish his homework, but his brother learned to lie, which was not a small matter.
No one should learn to lie, especially someone like them.
Hu Hai raised his head and looked at Fusu. He didn't know why he felt guilty: "No...No, I just have a little bit left to write."
"Isn't it the New Year?"
"Where is anyone still doing homework during the Chinese New Year? I have done all the previous homework."
Fusu frowned, walked to Hu Hai, looked at the homework on Hu Hai's desk, and found that it was indeed from the past few days, and he felt relieved.
He doesn't want his brother to learn this bad habit at a young age. Lying is like an abyss. When you get used to lying to get something, you will gradually become immersed in this kind of getting something for nothing. Just words are all it takes. Things that can be beneficial.
But the thing is, lies don't come true.
It's okay when the lie is not questioned or discovered. Once the lie is questioned or discovered, then you need to use another lie to make up for it.
In this way, a lie within a lie.
Lies are like spider threads, trapping you so tightly that you can't breathe.
What's more, it's possible that you exposed yourself when you were most relaxed, when you simply forgot about the lie.
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Then, he was exposed by someone.
For ordinary people, lying too much might not be a big problem, but Fusu thought that he and Hu Hai were both young masters of the Qin Dynasty, with high positions of authority, and one lie might lead to the death of many people.
Fusu looked at Hu Hai and said seriously: "Brother Hai, I don't want you to develop the habit of lying since you were a child."
He was silent for a moment and then said: "Lies can't bring you any benefits. What they bring is like a dream."
Hu Hai curled his lips, looked at his eldest brother who was worried about him and said, "Brother, don't worry."
There was some vicissitudes hidden deep in the shadows in his eyes: "I haven't lied for a long time."
Hu Hai looked at Fusu and stopped what Fusu wanted to ask: "That's not a very good memory. Brother, it's better not to ask."
Fusu was stunned for a moment, then realized that it might have happened in the period before Hu Hai was favored.
He was silent for a moment, then nodded and no longer mentioned the matter. Instead, he said: "You should hurry up and write it. I think according to the teacher's habit, he will be here soon."
Hu Hai's gloomy expression just now suddenly collapsed, with panic on his face: "Brother, when will the teacher come?"
Fusu touched his chin and said thoughtfully: "It's a holiday now. According to the teacher's habit, he should have woken up."
"The holidays are coming to an end soon. Teacher should be thinking about what to deal with after the new year?"
He said with some uncertainty: "The teacher will be very upset at this time. The teacher's habit is to step back once he encounters something annoying."
"Then find yourself something happy to do."
"According to my guess..."
Fusu put down his hand and asserted: "I'm afraid the teacher has already arrived at Zhangtai Palace. After entering the palace, he must first meet his father."
"I'll check on your homework after meeting my father."
"The teacher must be able to guess that you have not completed your homework these days, so he will give you time to make up for it."
Hu Hai looked at Fusu in confusion: "Teacher, did you guess that I didn't finish my homework?"
"Then why don't you come and catch me?"
Fusu rolled his eyes and was speechless: "Teacher just wants to see your joke, but he doesn't really want to punish you."
"What's more, teachers are more tolerant for those who are celebrating the New Year."
"According to my guess, you still have half an hour."
Fusu looked at Hu Hai and said with a somewhat uncertain tone: "You should be able to finish writing, right?"
Hu Hai lowered his head, looked at the homework on the table, and said with uncertainty, "It should be possible..."
........
At the same time, in Zhangtai Palace
Ying Zheng and Li Si were both sitting in the main hall of Zhangtai Palace, looking at Chen Ke in front of them.
Li Si said unceremoniously: "Brother Chen, you promised me that you would help me come up with a plan for Xianyang City's government agencies after the year."
Ying Zheng also said with some doubt: "Chen Ke, you promised me that you would build me a very grand and spectacular Xianyang City."
Li Si then said: "In addition, Han Xin was admitted through the literary competition, which means that he is your student. Now that your student has made meritorious service, should you think about the award?"
Ying Zheng said again: "In addition, Han Xin and others' meritorious service was actually based on some of your judgments."
"You are now a county uncle. After you have made great achievements this time, I am going to promote you to "Uncle". "
Ying Zheng said seductively: "Chen Ke, you don't want me to give you a very unpleasant title, right? So, do you think this title..."
Li Si looked at Ying Zheng, who had a malicious look on his face, and then at Chen Ke, who was gradually becoming sluggish. He snickered in his heart, but he was still trying to make up for it on his face and verbally.
"By the way, there is also the division of the land occupied by the Huns."
"Should such a large piece of land be divided into one county? I don't think it's appropriate."
"It would be better to turn it into a state and manage it. The state is divided into seven or eight counties. I estimate that this area will not exceed some places in Daqin today."
"The other thing is that those places are either grasslands or yellow sand. How should they be developed?"
"Develop what?"
A series of questions were thrown at Chen Ke. Chen Ke looked confused and his mind was spinning.
Didn't he come to the palace just to watch Hu Hai's jokes and base his happiness on Hu Hai's pain? Why is he the one in pain now?
However, the problem now is that the two people in front of him are elders who cannot afford to offend, and some things were indeed promised by him years ago...
Why did you agree to come years ago?
Chen Ke's memory returned to the beginning, when he saw Ying Zheng was in poor health, he suddenly felt sour in his heart.
Then he looked at the full-fledged Ying Zheng in front of him, who was no longer pretending at all.
Damn it!
Chen Ke wailed in his heart, he was tricked, and he was tricked by Brother Zheng, Li Si, and his good apprentice Fusu who joined forces!
They are pretending!
The purpose is to make yourself agree to a bunch of work that is not yours!
Brother Zheng's decision to keep him here during the banquet yesterday and not let him go anywhere must have been premeditated in order to allow him to stay and work in Xianyang City with peace of mind...
Chen Ke raised his forehead and said, "Your Majesty, Prime Minister, you actually joined forces to deceive me."
Ying Zheng had been looking at Chen Ke's expression since Chen Ke looked confused. He knew that according to Chen Ke's intelligence, Chen Ke at this time would be able to guess that he was not in good health before.
And he just wanted to see Chen Ke's helpless expression.
At this time, his wish came true. When he saw Chen Ke's helpless and helpless look, he immediately burst into laughter.
"Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha."
He pointed at Chen Ke and said: "Chen Ke is as smart and cunning as you, and you are like today!"
Li Si also laughed, and his laughter and Ying Zheng's laughter interacted with each other, making the entire Zhangtai Palace very noisy.
The joys and sorrows of people are not the same. Just like Chen Ke, who is looking helpless now, will never understand how excited and happy Ying Zheng and Li Si are at this time...
"Your Majesty, Prime Minister Li, please stop laughing."
Chen Ke sighed: "If you laugh again, I will go on strike!"
As soon as these words came out, the two people who were laughing wildly coughed a few times and stopped laughing, but after all, there was a bit of ferocity on their faces that could not bear to laugh.
Ying Zheng coughed a few times and then said, "Okay, okay, I won't laugh at you anymore."
He squinted his eyes, tears coming from the corners of his eyes.
"You don't have to worry about these things."
"Anyway, things are still early, and building Xianyang City will not happen overnight. Daqin is still recovering and recuperating. Although the food supply is increasing day by day, it cannot meet the needs for one or two years."
"Therefore, Guizhou leaders still need to bow their heads and farm in the fields."
Ying Zheng sighed, tapped his hands on the table and said, "In addition, now that the Xiongnu have been eradicated, the only remaining threat on the edge of the Qin Dynasty is Baiyue."
He squinted his eyes: "I want to create a relatively stable environment for Great Qin. The land further north of the North Sea is not suitable for habitation. The ice and snow are the best barrier to stop the enemy."
"In the south, I also want a natural moat as a barrier for the Qin Dynasty."
In Ying Zheng's words, the meaning was already obvious.
The Huns have been eliminated, so the next step is Baiyue, which was once mentioned in the 28th year of the Qin Dynasty, but was finally abandoned because of the arrival of Chen Ke to recuperate.
Chen Ke frowned slightly. In fact, he felt that now was not the best time to conquer Baiyue.
But since Ying Zheng had this intention, he naturally had to put this matter on the agenda. After doing some calculations in his mind, he breathed a sigh of relief.
As long as Brother Zheng hasn't lost his mind yet, even if he wants to attack Baiyue, he will have to wait until at least a year later.
At that time, Great Qin should have been ready.
So, he immediately nodded and said: "Yes, it is time to put the conquest of Baiyue on the agenda. After all, it will take some time to prepare for the station."
Ying Zheng breathed a sigh of relief: "Okay, let's leave these things until after the new year."
He pointed to the palace where Hu Hai lived not far away and said, "You came here this time to cause trouble for Hu Hai?"
"go quickly."
Chen Ke blinked, not wondering why Ying Zheng knew about it, and immediately saluted and stood up.
When he just walked out of Zhangtai Palace, a burst of laughter came.
"Hahahahahahahahahahahaha——"
Chen Ke narrowed his eyes and looked into the distance.
Hu Hai, Hu Hai, don’t blame me for being a cruel teacher.
This is called paying the debt of the father to the son!
