In the huge military tent with slightly poor lighting, Ying Zheng sat behind the desk with bloodshot eyes. Four or five bamboo slips were placed on the desk.
There are two piles of bamboo slips more than one meter high on the long wooden board on one side. They must have just been corrected. They are a bit messy and two chamberlains are cleaning them up.
"His Majesty"
Cao Yi shouted softly.
Ying Zheng raised his head, with a smile on his tired face: "Taoist Priest, what do you want from me?"
Cao Yi explained his intention of delaying his departure to sea.
After hearing this, Ying Zheng said: "It will be autumn and winter after a few months delay. Wouldn't it be more dangerous to set off in autumn and winter?"
Cao Yi took advantage of the situation and said: "It is better to postpone it to next year."
This time Ying Zheng did not answer immediately. He stood up and walked around the military tent.
Time passed little by little.
Ying Zheng suddenly looked at Li Si, who had been silent for a long time since he came in: "What do you mean by the Prime Minister?"
Li Siba didn't have a little more time, but he was well aware of His Majesty's disobedient character, so he went against the grain and said: "In order to increase the number of people of my country Qin several times in fifty years, even if tens of thousands of people die, it is worth it." .”
Ying Zheng nodded with deep understanding: "I think so too."
Li Si did not expect that His Majesty the Emperor was not acting as usual and cast a look at Cao Yi asking for help.
Cao Yi gave Li Si a look that said he was helpless.
Li Si had no choice but to go all the way to the dark side: "I suggest that we send out the Louchuan navy that is hunting down the remnants of the Yan, Qi, and Chu kingdoms at sea. As long as we can bring back the gift from heaven, it is worth annihilating the entire army."
Ying Zheng said displeasedly: "The Prime Minister's words are wrong. If there is no navy to suppress the sea, there will be no peace in the world."
Li Si quickly confessed.
Ying Zheng thought for a while and said: "In three months, we will first cross the sea to Jizi North Korea. If the journey goes well, we will continue eastward. If not, we will turn back and change it to early summer next year."
Li Si breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that his goal was generally achieved.
Ying Zheng glanced at Li Si and said in a cold tone: "Don't act clever in front of me anymore."
Li Si did not expect that His Majesty the Emperor would find out so soon and accuse him again.
At this time, a high-pitched voice came from outside the tent: "Your Majesty, the carriages and horses are ready."
Ying Zheng hummed and said to Cao Yi: "Today there is a grand gathering of hundreds of scholars in Qufu Academy. I would like to take a look at it in a humble way. Master Taoist, would you like to go with me?"
Cao Yi nodded without thinking.
"Wait for me for a moment"
After Ying Zheng returned to the case, he continued to correct the bamboo slips.
Cao Yi looked at the bamboo slips piled up like a hill on one side. The history books said that Ying Zheng corrected 120 kilograms of bamboo slips a day. Today he finally saw it with his own eyes.
After a while of silence, Ying Zheng placed the approved bamboo slips on the pile of bamboo slips, ordered his servants to send them out as soon as possible, got up and left the place.
"Walk"
"Um"
Not far after the two of them walked out of the military tent, Li Si's voice came from behind: "Your Majesty is traveling incognito. I am worried and ask to go with you."
Ying Zheng turned around and glanced at Li Si's clothes and said, "Go back and change."
Li Si responded and walked quickly towards the military tent where he was.
Ying Zheng and Cao Yi walked to the exit of the military camp, where a simple-looking carriage was parked.
Ying Zheng got in the car and changed his clothes. After getting down and chatting with Cao Yi for a while, Li Si came.
Seeing that there were no guards, Li Si frowned and said, "Your Majesty, it's just the three of us. Isn't it too risky?"
Ying Zheng smiled and said: "One Taoist priest is worth a thousand troops."
Although Li Si had heard about Cao Yi's power many times, he was still a little worried: "It's better to arrange for five hundred elites to follow behind quietly."
Ying Zheng said displeased: "I told you that a Taoist priest can serve as a thousand troops."
Li Si didn't dare to persuade him anymore.
"Taoist get on the bus"
Ying Zheng said.
Cao Yi was not polite and got on the carriage first.
Ying Zheng then got on the carriage.
"Na Chen?"
Li Si felt something bad.
"You catch the bus"
Ying Zheng threw out a riding whip.
Li Si picked up the riding whip, sat down at the front of the car depressedly, put his feet on the shaft, and hit the two horses on the buttocks respectively. Two horses slowly pulled the carriage away from the military camp.
In the carriage, Cao Yi asked in confusion: "Why did your Majesty suddenly think of traveling incognito?"
Ying Zheng said: "I want to see whether those Lu Ru are so bold, or are the local Legalist officials using my hand to deal with Lu Ru?"
Cao Yi did not expect that Ying Zheng would doubt the local Legalist officials, and wondered: "How could your Majesty have such a method?"
Ying Zheng's voice became a little colder: "Ten months ago, I killed two famous disciples in Yandi who slandered the late king. Recently, the Sima Ling I sent to Yandi reported that those two famous disciples did not slander the late king. They He offended the local magistrate and was falsely accused."
It turned out to be for this reason.
Cao Yi couldn't help but think of Pei County, which also had a terrible magistrate.
I don’t know if he had a tacit understanding, but Ying Zheng also mentioned Peixian County: “A few days ago, I sent people to capture the great ranger Wang Ling of Peixian County, but they returned without success. Afterwards, it was found out that Pei Ling was the tip-off, and I have imprisoned Pei Ling. Get up. Local officials are letting me down more and more."
They have already attacked Peixian County!
Cao Yi thought of Lu Gong, who had a good relationship with the county magistrate. Before he could speak, he heard Ying Zheng say: "The Taoist priest is worried about that scholar named Lu."
Cao Yi nodded.
Ying Zheng said: "This person is willing to do good and has no bad deeds."
Cao Yi felt relieved.
Next, the two chatted all over the place, mentioning Xiang Yu who had not been seen in the past few days. Only then did Cao Yi know that Xiang Yu had been sent by Ying Zheng to hunt down the remnants of the Qi Kingdom.
Cao Yi guessed that there were two reasons why Ying Zheng did this. One was because he had read history and instinctively nipped in the bud, and the other was to make Xiang Yu's hands stained with blood and lose his way back.
The chatting time always passed quickly. Without paying attention, an hour passed and the carriage arrived in front of Qufu Academy.
Cao Yi looked out through the vehicles. Parked at the door were many vehicles, including oxen carts, horse-drawn carriages, sheep carts, and even a single horse. People kept coming in and out, and no one informed them.
"Your Majesty, I'm afraid we can't go in."
Li Si's voice came from outside.
Ying Zheng, who was about to get off the car, asked in confusion: "Why?"
"I saw Fu Sheng"
Li Si whispered.
Ying Zheng frowned.
"What does Fu Sheng do?"
Cao Yi asked.
"PhD"
Ying Zheng said casually.
PhD!
The explanation of the word "doctor" came to Cao Yi's mind. It is an official position responsible for keeping documents and archives, compiling writings, mastering ancient and modern times, imparting knowledge, and cultivating talents.
"Are we going to go home?"
Ying Zheng said to himself, somewhat unwillingly.
"That's not necessarily the case"
Cao Yi took out the cinnabar, writing brush, wooden board, yellow talisman and drawing talisman from the purple, gold and red gourd.
It took half a stick of incense to draw three talismans, then took out one and handed it to Ying Zheng.
"This is?"
Ying Zheng was puzzled.
Cao Yi put the talisman on his forehead and said, "This talisman is called - Face Change. It can slightly change a person's appearance. Only those who are familiar with it can recognize it."
After the words fell, the spell that exhausted his spiritual power fell off, and Cao Yi's face changed slightly.
