"?"
A small question mark slowly appeared on Ying Zheng's forehead, and he couldn't help but say: "Shouldn't my son comfort me at this time and tell me the decision I want to hear most?"
"of course not."
Zhao Hao curled his lips and said to himself, "I'm just curious about what happened to my father. Didn't he attend his own funeral before? Why, you still want to go to hell and drink Meng Po soup? Vomiting so much blood, Clearance”
"You traitor!"
Ying Zheng was angry at Zhao Hao's words.
He finally understood that this traitor must have been frightened by him just now and deliberately buried him here.
However, thinking of the way Zhao Hao came over and hugged him, Ying Zheng suddenly felt warm in his heart, and instead of hitting him, he smiled and cursed: "Get out!"
Zhao Hao shrugged, turned and walked towards the door. When he walked into the door, he stopped again and said to Ying Zheng with an unhappy expression:
"No matter what my father heard, or how angry he was, please end this this time in the same way as your son."
"My son will give you a more satisfying way of revenge than the male protagonist of Shuangwen!"
"this"
Ying Zheng was stunned, and subconsciously looked at the door, only to find that Zhao Hao had already left.
"What nonsense is this traitor talking about? What kind of cool hero is he talking about?"
Muttering to himself, the fake anger on Ying Zheng's face was gradually replaced by a happy smile.
After a while, he took a deep breath, slowly stood up from the bed, walked towards the door, looked up at the bright moon in the sky, squinted and said, "Then let me wait and see."
Early next morning.
Li Si convened a cabinet meeting in the name of the Prime Minister of Qin and the capital of the cabinet.
Although Da Qin still implements the system of three ministers and nine ministers, the new governance method of cabinet council has not been abolished.
The purpose of these two teams is actually to move the original emperor's small court meeting to the front of the stage, that is, the emperor's small court meeting is the cabinet meeting.
However, it is no longer the emperor who presides over the small court meeting, but the head of the cabinet.
As the first cabinet head of the Qin Dynasty, Li Si has absolute say. He can control when the conference will be held and what the topics will be.
At this time, Li Si was sitting in the side hall of the Council Hall, drinking tea with a calm expression, waiting for the arrival of other cabinet ministers.
Next door to him is the place where the First Emperor used to hold impromptu small court meetings.
This feeling made Li Si feel like he was on par with the First Emperor.
About a moment later, Feng Quji took the lead in crossing the threshold and walking into the hall. He bowed politely to Li Si and then walked straight to his seat in silence.
Logically speaking, Feng Quji should be the right prime minister of the Qin Dynasty after Wang Wan, and Li Si, who was promoted from Tingwei to prime minister, should be the left prime minister of the Qin Dynasty.
As a result, Li Si actually surpassed him directly and was promoted from Tingwei to Right Prime Minister.
It's incredible.
You must know that the Qin Dynasty respects the right, and the power of the right prime minister and the left prime minister are quite different.
Although it was impossible for Feng Quji to compete for power with Li Si at his current age, Li Si's behavior still made him very unhappy.
In addition, Li Si also stood aside and watched when his son Feng Jie was removed from the post of imperial censor by Hu Hai, which made him even more dissatisfied with Li Si.
Therefore, after returning from Ganquan Mountain, Feng Quji kept saying that he was ill at home, and turned a deaf ear to the affairs in the court, leaving full power to Li Si.
The reason why he attended the cabinet meeting chaired by Li Si today was because Li Si once admitted to him that the main discussion today was about the King of Qin.
Regarding Zhao Hao, Feng Quji and his son were neither close nor exclusive.
Even though Zhao Hao was deeply liked by Ying Zheng, they never regarded Zhao Hao as a candidate for the crown prince, because in their hearts, a prince with no sense of responsibility like Zhao Hao was not worthy of being the crown prince at all.
After all, Zhao Hao once publicly stated that he had no intention of competing for the throne.
Of course, they did not reject the fact that Zhao Hao was crowned king, because the First Emperor did indeed make it clear that whoever destroyed the six kingdoms would be crowned king.
Moreover, considering Zhao Hao's contribution to the Qin Dynasty, there is nothing wrong with him being crowned king.
However, the title of King Qin really exceeded their expectations.
While Li Si and Feng Quji were silent for a moment, other cabinet ministers also came to the side hall of the political affairs hall one after another.
Seeing that all seven cabinet ministers had taken their seats, Li Si sat upright, looked around and said:
"Today I am presiding over the cabinet meeting. There are three things that I need to discuss with the ministers. First, how should the government handle the affairs before the prince ascends the throne? Second, after the unification of the South China Sea, how should the heroes be rewarded? Third, there are many rebellions in various places, and counties How to quell the rebellion?”
"this"
The cabinet ministers looked at each other and couldn't help but whisper.
But Li Si smiled and said again: "If you have any ideas, you might as well put them forward and we will discuss them together."
"May I ask Prime Minister Li, what happened to the King of Qin's tour of the world that you proposed last time?" Yao Jia was the first to stand up and said.
Li Si glanced at him and said with some embarrassment: "Since Prime Minister Feng doesn't agree with this matter, we can only give up!"
"How can you give up?"
Yao Jia said with some dissatisfaction: "This is a good thing that benefits the country and the people. In addition, there are many rebellions in various places. The imperial court is planning a counter-rebellion strategy. With the power of King Qin to unify the South China Sea, why can't Xiaoxiao be deterred?"
"Yao Tingwei crosses the question. The three things proposed by Prime Minister Li are not related to King Qin's patrolling the world." Feng Quji said with an indifferent expression.
"What Mr. Feng said is wrong!"
Yao Jia lifted up his sleeves and his face suddenly became serious:
"Before the crown prince ascends the throne, major matters are discussed and handled by the cabinet ministers, and small matters are performed by the ministers. What is the need for discussion? As for how to reward the heroes who have contributed to the unification of the South China Sea, I, the Qin Dynasty, have laws to follow. Just reward according to the law. Why do we need to discuss it further?”
"In Yao Tingwei's opinion, there is no need to hold this cabinet meeting?"
Ying Teng smiled coldly: "You solved everything with just a few words!"
"Hahaha--"
All the cabinet ministers burst into laughter.
Li Si did not laugh, but said calmly as usual: "What Yao Tingwei said does make some sense, but the specific implementation needs to be discussed again!"
As soon as these words came out, the laughter of the cabinet ministers stopped abruptly.
Although they all knew the relationship between Yao Jia and Li Si, this was the first time they saw Li Si support Yao Jia so openly.
However, Li Si did not pay attention to their thoughts and continued: "Before the prince ascends the throne, we, the old ministers, will handle the government affairs, so there will naturally be no chaos. However, the imperial court cannot decide on the rewards in the South China Sea!"
"Um?"
The cabinet ministers were all surprised when they heard this, and seemed to think Li Si was telling a joke.
Although the power to reward meritorious ministers has always been in the hands of the emperor, the emperor has passed away and the prince has not yet ascended the throne. Besides the imperial court, who is qualified to reward meritorious ministers?
Thinking of this, Hu Wujing couldn't help but frown slightly and said in a deep voice, "What do you mean by Prime Minister Li's words?"
"hehe."
Li Si smiled faintly, glanced at Feng Quji subconsciously, and said calmly;
"The King of Qin once proposed to the old minister that he should reward the meritorious ministers in the South China Sea himself!"
"What!?"
All the cabinet ministers were shocked.
How dare you, the King of Qin, make such unreasonable demands? Isn't he afraid of being killed? This is a power that can only be exercised by the emperor!
You know, although Hu Hai did not ascend the throne and proclaimed himself emperor, he was already the legitimate future emperor of Qin.
You have exercised the power of the emperor. Will Hu Hai let you go after he ascends the throne?
Zhang Han secretly complained in his heart that Zhao Hao was so confused that he wanted to exercise the power of the emperor, but he had to wait until he sat on the throne!
He quietly looked sideways at Wei Liao beside him, and first saw a sarcastic sneer in the corner of his eyes, and then his gray beard trembled slightly. Then he put his hands in his sleeves and closed his eyes to rest, as if nothing happened.
"That's unreasonable!"
Yao Jia stood up again and shouted: "Does the King of Qin want to bring chaos to the country?"
"Be bold!"
Zhang Han finally couldn't help but stood up and cursed: "Yao Tingwei doesn't respect the king, does he want to violate the law? Come on! Take it down with me!"
The imperial army standing outside the political hall immediately rushed in and wanted to capture Yao Jia.
But Yao Jia showed no fear, shook off the imperial guards, lightly brushed his shoulders, and then laughed and said:
"Laozi said: 'The people are not afraid of death, so why should they be afraid of death?' I hold the position of Jiuqing. I am following the emperor's orders and respecting the laws of the country. How can I mess with it?"
It's just that the King of Qin acted recklessly. The late Emperor treated him well, but he didn't want to repay him and dared to openly seize power. How could I let him get his wish? "
After saying that, he turned around and walked out the door with his head held high.
The atmosphere in the hall suddenly became tense. All the cabinet ministers looked at each other in confusion, their eyes couldn't help but follow Yao Jia's back, and their breathing almost stopped.
At this moment, Feng Quji, who had been silent all this time, spoke: "Wait a minute!"
In an instant, the footsteps of the guards froze, and Yao Jia also stopped.
Feng Quji ignored them and just turned to look at Li Si: "Is what Prime Minister Li just said true?"
"When I first heard King Qin's proposal, I was shocked, but when I thought about the military power in his hands, I couldn't make up my mind, so I called all the ministers to discuss it together."
Li Si said with difficulty.
His words were very lethal.
It not only showed his helplessness, but also hinted at Zhao Hao's intimidation.
All the cabinet ministers are all old foxes with thousands of years of experience. How could they not hear it?
The atmosphere fell into silence again.
After about a while, Feng Quji asked Li Si again: "If we don't agree with King Qin's proposal, what will he do?"
"this"
Li Si hesitated for a moment, then looked around at the crowd and said, "Maybe he will do other things that are unstoppable."
What he said was hinting to everyone that Zhao Hao might raise troops to seize power.
And this matter is also what everyone is most worried about.
After all, Zhao Hao now has this ability.
However, Zhang Han disagreed; "Prime Minister Li's words are somewhat ulterior. If the king is determined to fight for power, who will be the crown prince? Even if the king is a king, he is an upright minister of the Qin Dynasty."
Moreover, Qin law does not stipulate that the king has no right to reward based on merit! "
"Nothing! Zhang Han is so stupid!"
As soon as Zhang Han finished speaking, Wei Liao opened his eyes. At this moment, the word 'han' was enough to express his appreciation and recognition of Zhang Han.
"My dear ministers, since Your Majesty became emperor, we all seem to have forgotten that before Your Majesty became emperor, he was also the King of Qin. And there has always been only one King of Qin in the Great Qin. When did the King of Qin stop giving rewards based on merit?"
After saying this, Wei Liao slowly stood up from his seat and said leisurely: "Whether it is enfeoffment or succession, the king is the king. Why do we need to judge the king's power?"
"this"
The ministers were speechless and looked at Li Si subconsciously.
Li Si smiled and said nothing, and everyone turned to look at Feng Quji.
Feng Quji frowned: "The cabinet meeting has the rules of the cabinet meeting. Since everyone has their own opinions, let's vote!"
"good!"
Li Si smiled and nodded, then waved away the imperial army and motioned for the ministers to sit back in their seats.
Soon, the results of the voting came out.
The cabinet ministers headed by Feng Quji all voted against.
All cabinet ministers, headed by Li Si, abstained from voting.
As for the votes cast by Wei Liao and Zhang Han, they are insignificant.
Li Si had already expected such a result, but in front of all the ministers, he still showed a worried look: "If you reject King Qin's proposal this time, what if King Qin..."
"If the King of Qin causes chaos in the country because of this matter, I will be the first to stand up and die!"
Feng Quji seriously interrupted what Li Si wanted to say, looked around at the ministers and said, "Don't forget, we are the ministers of the late emperor! Not the ministers of King Qin!"
After saying that, he glanced at Wei Liao and Zhang Han with disdain, the meaning was very obvious.
At this moment, Zheng Guo, who had been silent all this time, suddenly frowned and said, "I think it would be a good idea to let King Qin patrol the world!"
"Who says it isn't?"
Yao Jia smiled coldly: "I have only been King of Qin for a few days, and I am already thinking about interfering in the government affairs. If I stay in Xianyang, I might be able to do something extraordinary."
"presumptuous!"
Zhang Han wanted to scold Yao Jia again, but Wei Liao raised his hand to stop him: "It seems that there is nothing to discuss except the matter of King Qin. I still have fish to catch, so I will leave now!"
After saying that, he took Zhang Han directly and left the hall.
After watching them leave, Li Si stood up from his seat, walked slowly to Feng Quji, and sighed: "The old captain's love for his disciples is still the same as before!"
"Ah!"
Feng Quji let out a snort and said coldly: "Isn't Prime Minister Li's heart no less fierce than before?"
"hehe."
Li Si smiled uncertainly and said, "What does Prime Minister Feng think of the King of Qin's hunting expedition?"
Hearing this, Feng Quji frowned slightly, then glanced at Zheng Guo, and said indifferently: "Old Ling's words are not bad."
After saying that, he led his people and left the side hall of the Council of Government Hall.
Soon, only Li Si and Yao Jia were left in the hall.
But Yao Jia said, "Although because of this incident, Feng Quji stopped the King of Qin from hunting around the world, but how can we convince the King of Qin?"
"this"
Li Si pondered for a moment and was about to speak when he suddenly saw Zhao Gao rushing from the door in a hurry, panting: "Li, something big has happened to Prime Minister Li!"
"Um?"
Li Si had a sudden thought and couldn't help but said, "What happened?"
"Look at today's newspaper!"
Without saying anything, Zhao Gao took out a copy of the latest "Da Qin Daily" from his arms and handed it to Li Si.
Li Si took the newspaper and scanned it, his face changed greatly.
"This, how is this possible!?" (End of Chapter)
