The youngest minister in the history of the Qin Dynasty was naturally not Zhao Si, but Gan Luo.
But Gan Luo was in a special situation. He was the grandson of the famous minister Gan Mao and a disciple of Prime Minister Lu Buwei. The connections were so intricate that everyone in the political arena knew what was going on.
and Zhao Si are completely different concepts.
Because Zhao Si is not someone’s representative, he is truly worshiping the Supreme Minister for his merits...
In an instant, all the ministers looked at him sideways.
In fact, the name Zhao Si has been one of the people who cannot be ignored in the Great Qin court from a long time ago.
However, Zhao Si did not get involved in any affairs. Most of the things he was busy with every day were the daily life of the First Emperor. He was taken by the First Emperor to train him, and he did not really get involved in the official disputes of the Qin Dynasty.
And now, Qianlong, who was raised by the First Emperor, was officially put into the duel arena called Chaotang and became a reserve for the Three Gongs and Nine Ministers.
After Zhao Si accepted the First Emperor's appointment, he stood in his original position honestly, but smart people know that this is just the beginning.
Zhao Si was so close to the First Emperor, and was taken by the First Emperor to train him for an unknown amount of time. It was definitely not something that just a minister could end hastily.
Everyone had an estimate in mind and were waiting for Li Si to start the next chapter.
After Li Si paid homage to Zhao Si, he continued to speak.
It was a long list of recommended officials recommended by Zhao Si's retainers.
"I heard that there should be some sages in the countryside. Your Majesty is patrolling the world. I have found out that there are sages in the countryside who can be used by the Qin Dynasty. There is an official Xiao He in Pei County... I would like to recommend Xiao He to Xianyang County. Order, Cao Shen is the captain of Xianyang County, and Zhou Bo is the prime minister of Xianyang County..."
Li Si started the long speech mode, first briefly describing the talents, past performance and deeds of the eight people in Peixian County for the courtiers to judge.
If there is really no representative deeds, I just make them up...
The process still needs to be followed. Even if Li Sigui is the head of the three princes, he cannot just name people and promote them...
Of course, editing counts.
The relatively primitive talent selection method of recommending officials is extremely manipulable. If the current emperor was not the First Emperor, no one would dare to go too far. Otherwise, the current court would have been in chaos.
Among the disciples under Zhao Si, the most experienced ones are Xiao He, Cao Shen and Liu Bang.
Xiao He and Cao Shen were officials, while Liu Bang was the pavilion chief of Peixian County.
As for other people, most of them are made up, and they are nothing more than virtuous names in the countryside, etc...
A long list of recommended officials popped out of Li Si's mouth, and the courtiers looked at him sideways. Even Li Si rarely recommended so many officials at once, and although the recommended positions were not large, they were very important. After all, they were Half of the troops in Xianyang City are included in the garrison and daily affairs.
This kind of thing is very sensitive!
Xianyang City is an imperial city after all.
The left-behind officials in Xianyang who had neither a father nor a mother who did not love them might not know the inside story, but the officials who followed the First Emperor on his tour of the world knew it all.
All those recommended by Li Si were Zhao Si's disciples.
Even Wang Jian, who had stopped interfering in court affairs and was just here to act as a mascot, frowned subconsciously when he heard Li Si's recommendation.
Wang Jian was a leader in fighting and was very sensitive to this kind of thing.
"Li Si doesn't seem to be an unwise person." Wang Jian looked at his grandson Wang Li standing next to him and asked softly.
"These are all Zhao Si's retainers." Wang Li explained softly to his eldest father.
When Wang Jian heard this, a look of understanding appeared on his face, his slightly frowned brows relaxed again, and he squinted his eyes again while sitting in the wheelchair, wandering around.
Wang Jian no longer interferes in the affairs of the court. He no longer even has a specific position. If this was not the first major court meeting held by the First Emperor after a long absence, Wang Jian would not even need to attend.
If those recommended by Li Si were all Li Si's own people, Wang Jian might have warned him, but Zhao Si...
If those recommended by Li Si were all Li Si's own people, Wang Jian might have warned him, but Zhao Si...
Those were the people of the First Emperor. Not to mention most of Xianyang's military strength and personnel appointments, even if the First Emperor gave all the garrison duties of Xianyang to Zhao Si and Wang Jian, he would not say much.
There is an essential difference between Li Si and Zhao Si. The First Emperor's own people can naturally use them however they want.
Wang Li is a talkative person, and when he got home, he told Wang Jian about what happened during the grand tour of the world.
Wang Jian was a thoughtful man. From just a few words from Wang Li, he knew how important Zhao Si was in the heart of the First Emperor.
In the past, Wang Jian might have had some ideas, but since he was already old and his grandson and Zhao Si were on good terms, Wang Jian was naturally too lazy to worry about it.
His era of prosperity has passed...
It took Li Si a long time to finish the appointment of Zhao Si's retainers. Some officials were in favor of it, while others were against it.
Compared with Zhao Si's appointment as Shangqing, which was a matter of course, the personnel appointments of Zhao Si's retainers seemed quite sensitive.
In the final analysis, the foundation of politics is military affairs.
Li Si recommended so many people and controlled most of the garrison in Xianyang City. In addition, Li Si himself was the leader of the three princes. It was only natural that some people would object.
The court suddenly became noisy. Those who understood the truth had reservations and knew that these people were Zhao Si's people. Those who did not understand the truth thought that Li Si had lost his mind.
"allow!"
The noise in the court didn't come to an end until the First Emperor expressed his final opinion.
"Li Xiang has taken the blame for me...
It seems that Prime Minister Li's popularity is not as good as expected. It must be attributed to the fact that the emperor is the first emperor. If the king is a little weaker, I am afraid that it will not only be noisy, but will develop into a full martial arts..."
The style of court fighting during the Qin and Han Dynasties was particularly fierce.
If you say you are anxious, you are really fighting, not just talking.
On some matters, the emperor had no opinion and hesitated in his heart. He didn't know who to listen to, so he had to listen to the debates of his ministers. The debates would go on endlessly, and they would start fighting as they talked.
Whoever wins is justified...
The First Emperor himself was a man of his own opinion at heart. Even if he hesitated occasionally, he would make a choice before the situation escalated. The most important thing was that after the First Emperor made a choice, he would take the blame for his ministers. Even if he made a mistake, he would not get angry because of it. Therefore There were no too fierce battles in the court.
Fighting, in the final analysis, is a kind of appearance, and the inner logic is nothing more than to allow the king to act according to his own ideas.
Of course, there are exceptions for kings who like to tease their courtiers and watch dogs bite dogs or even deliberately provoke disputes among their ministers...
In short, some people were dissatisfied with this personnel appointment, but it was still implemented under the tough attitude of the First Emperor.
Li Si returned to his original position, and Da Qin's new and youngest Shangqing finally stepped forward and prepared to start his first performance in Da Qin.
When Zhao Si stepped forward, he glanced at Wang Jian, who was sitting comfortably in the wheelchair, and felt a little ashamed in his heart.
Fortunately, Da Qin's nuclear bomb-level tactical weapons are still alive.
Letting Wang Jian serve as Taiwei again and take charge of the world's military affairs can very well suppress the dissatisfaction with the implementation of the Qiangui Order.
Everyone must think carefully before making the worst choice, whether they can get any benefits from Wang Jian, one of the four famous generals of the Warring States Period who is the only one alive to this day.
The old god squinted his eyes and watched Wang Jian, who was in a turmoil in the court, and felt a sudden change in his heart when he noticed Zhao Si looking over him.
"You can't. There's still the matter of a bad old man like me, right?"
(End of chapter)
