It is said that Qin Shihuang was controlled by a daughter

Xu Zhi stood on the long steps, and a sea of ​​court officials slowly appeared in the wide gray-white space.

The Xiezhi crown hat was slightly revealed from the horizon, and the dark official uniform and the imperial scepter held in Li Si's hand had become an ivory plate.

Facing him, Xu Zhi could tell where Li Xian's beautiful eyes came from. His methods were all derived from his father, Li Si.

The complexity of this person and this dynasty still surged into Xu Zhi's mind.

The seventh day after Wang Wan’s death has just passed.

Li Si knew that those who advocated for enfeoffment in the court had not all disappeared, especially when he heard that Ying Zheng and Meng Yi would be present in person on the day of his burial, and even Ziying, who was far away in Yongcheng, wrote a letter to him. Many royal relatives also went to pay their respects.

It is also said that Wang Yan, the daughter of Wang Wan in Mount Li, had been exhausted after several days of hard work and was about to faint. It was Princess Yong'an who allowed her to ride with him.

He enjoyed the trust of the king during his lifetime and was honored after his death. Looking at the Qin State's team of prime ministers, it would be difficult to find a second person like Wang Wan except Baili Xi.

Seeing Ying Hehua in front of Zhangtai Palace, Li Si naturally asked, "The doctors do not like Her Highness the Princess to wait here for a long time. It is against the Princess' dignity for Her Highness to go with us. If Her Highness the Princess wants to go to the palace, she can go in first and follow His Majesty the Emperor."

Li Si was basically hinting to her that if she was going to disagree with his political views, she should learn to be smarter.

But Ying Hehua said, "The court official knew that I had just returned from the tomb outside the city. The officials used this to guess the emperor's intention, and the talk of enfeoffment seemed to be getting more and more intense."

Li Si's face remained calm, but his heart was sinking.

She glanced at the snow-covered railings in the distance and the crystal clear icicles on the eaves. She changed her tone and said, "Look, today is a nice day with snow and clear sky. If Prime Minister Wang could see this, he would be pleased."

Li Si suddenly remembered that before she went to Yongcheng, she had someone deliver a letter to the mansion, which was written in the same tone as Wang Wan.

She does not shy away from talking about her childhood.

Li Si discovered some of her habits - she particularly liked to write neat sentences at the end of the letter, which were different from the Chu Ci and the Book of Songs, and her poems were full of charm.

She said some people called these things 'quatrains'.

——Green ants and new wine, red clay stove. It's going to snow in the evening, can you have a drink?

She wrote this on a snowy day, seemingly hoping that he would remember the friendship between Wang Wan and him when they served as officials under Lu Buwei.

At that time, Wang Wan was dragged to Zhangtai Palace by him in the middle of the night to plead for Han Fei. I don’t know if Li Si remembered it.

Li Si stroked his sleeves, his eyes gradually hardening.

What a joke. How can you treat your political opponents with kindness?

"Unfortunately, I don't like drinking tea."

"..." She paused, then smiled and whispered, "I think after today, Prime Minister Li will be willing to taste the flavor of tea."

Li Si, who was determined to get the position of prime minister, was also stunned when he heard her say it so naturally. He didn't have time to stop her from saying it in front of Zhangtai Palace, and she had already said the next sentence.

"I told my father that I didn't want to miss the beautiful scenery on Mount Zhongnan."

She asked Shen Zhi to hand her cloak.

Two idle people on Mount Zhongnan were playing chess leisurely, but the chess game played by Mo Qi and Han Fei was exactly what was happening in Zhangtai Palace at the moment.

Li Si didn't expect Ying Hehua would choose to leave.

Did this mean that she had given up on upholding Wang Wan's political views, or did she still have her people arranged in the court?

Li Si thought that Chen Ping's level was not enough to get into the hall.

The court officials gathered in front of the hall, wearing tall hats and long robes, like a large piece of thick black ink sunk on the white paper.

The snow was not thick and it melted quickly when people walked.

Zhao Gao was summoned to the throne.

The court officials fell silent and hurried into the main hall.

Ying Zheng asked his ministers to discuss it again.

Hu Wujing, who spoke first, was the Grand Historian under Fengchang. He had once served as a doctoral official and was also one of the calligraphers who promoted small seal script throughout the country.

"Prime Minister Wang said at the time that the princes had just been defeated, and the territories of Yan, Qi, and Jing were far away, so we should not establish a king for them, and we should not fill them up."

Hu Wujing spoke frankly. His summary made many courtiers who supported Li Si look suspicious. Wang Wan's presence in the year after the establishment of the empire was actually not as strong as before. Moreover, after Li Si took over the post of prime minister, his political views were rarely implemented. However, today was a little abnormal. Could it be that Wang Wan's death turned the situation around?

"I think we should enthronize your sons...I hope Your Majesty will agree." Hu Wujing said.

Ying Zheng did not stop their conversation.

Gradually, the voices became quieter, and then there was complete silence. Many people turned their eyes to Li Si, waiting for him to be speechless.

Except Xu Zhi, no one knew the final outcome of this debate.

After all, eight days ago, Prime Minister Wang's argument, with blood spitting out of his mouth, could not have been without weight.

Seeing that the situation was getting worse, Imperial Censor Feng Quji stepped forward and added fuel to the fire, saying, "There is another reason for the request to establish him. I think that the emperor is benevolent and has not strangled the orphans of the royal families of the six countries. Considering that they are the source of trouble, in addition to Chu, Qi, Yan and other remote places, military generals assisted by royal princes should also be sent to suppress them."

Yao Jia had been waiting and watching, and he finally found the time. He could neither offend Ying Hehua nor jump out of Li Si's camp. He could not forget Wang Wan's last words, but he only vowed not to grab the position of prime minister, and he did not promise him to obey his conservative ideas.

Wang Wan's ancestors were either rich or noble, and he himself was a disciple of Prime Minister Cai Ze.

How did Yao Jia rise from humble beginnings to his current position? It was because the Qin State selected talented people without any restrictions, and it was also because the nobles did not suppress his path to rise.

If the division of fiefdoms is really allowed to proceed, relatives will serve as a barrier.

So, what is the difference between Qin and the six former kingdoms?

Will people with a background like his have another chance in the future?

This is not him supporting Li Si.

This was him saving the self who was guarding the gate of Daliang City, the later 'self'.

He was promoted to Shangqing, and had the sixteenth rank of nobility. But he did not forget his common origin. He laughed and said that Han Fei was right. People who were "great thieves" always liked to take a chance!

Under the influence of Li Si and others over the years, he also spoke very beautifully.

"Your Majesty, you must not repeat the rebellion of Cheng Jiao! If the sons of the royal family are passed down from generation to generation, it will cause the same disaster as the previous Zhou Dynasty!"

"Today the world is unified. All the young masters have been raised in the academy and rely on the teachings of His Majesty the Emperor. It is nonsense to attack each other." Feng Quji said.

In fact, if Yao Jia hadn't mentioned Cheng Jiao, he could have continued talking. Few people knew the truth about Cheng Jiao, but one of them was Feng Quji.

"The disaster of Cheng Jiao was caused by the instigation of discord by the State of Zhao. Has Shangqing Yao forgotten it?" Feng Quji continued.

Yao Jia had no idea of ​​the twists and turns involved, which also involved the issue of the eldest princess's bloodline. He was walking into the muzzle of the royal secrets.

Li Si's interpersonal relationships have deteriorated greatly since he killed Han Fei, and there are many court officials who are on bad terms with Li Si.

Feng Quji was not involved in the Shangdang incident. As a descendant of Feng Ting, the prefect of Shangdang County, he was not as affected as Zheng Guo by the rebellion of Zhang Ping and Changping Jun against Qin. This shows his wisdom.

It was not until Li Si spoke, and not until many years later, that Yao Jia realized that although he was hit by many flying knives when he was with Li Si, Li Si was still quite loyal. For example, this time, he kept his words to himself without saying a word.

"Zhao has done too many evil things." He stared at Feng Quji, "It's like attacking Yan for ten years and seizing Han for fifteen years."

Li Si's words were full of warning.

Feng Quji immediately kept silent. It was he and his son who had thoroughly investigated the Shangdang case in Yingchuan County.

Li Si took a step forward, raised his tablet, and said in a sonorous and powerful voice:

"Many of the sons and nephews enfeoffed by Zhou Wen and Wu had the same surname, but they became estranged from each other and attacked each other like enemies. The princes also attacked each other, and the Zhou emperor was unable to stop it.

Now the whole country is unified by your Majesty's divine power, and all are counties. The meritorious officials are rewarded with public taxes, which is enough to make it easy to control. If there is no dissenting opinion in the world, then peace is the way.

I think it is inconvenient to place the princes in charge."

After he finished speaking, there was no whispering around Li Si. The person he had been waiting for, Ying Hehua's man, the only person qualified to stand in the palace, Zhang Han, the Shaofu, did not speak either. At this time, he thought that when it came to political matters, a Shaofu really couldn't say anything.

He didn't know that Zhang Han had the power to save the collapsing empire. And Ying Hehua had already arranged for Zhang Han to meet Feng Quji privately.

Feng Quji was the right prime minister in history, and was one of the candidates she wanted to balance Li Si.

However, Yao Jia gave up the competition with Feng Quji for the position of right prime minister because of Wang Wan's last words.

Sitting high up, the emperor's calm and majestic voice finally broke all speculations.

Everything belongs to the new era and is destined to belong to them.

Li Si would undoubtedly be the most dazzling pearl in the Qin Dynasty's political arena.

There is no doubt that Ying Zheng chose a brand new path to change the world.

"The whole world suffers from endless fighting because of the existence of princes and kings. Thanks to the ancestral temple, the world was initially settled, and the country was re-established. This means that the army is being built, and it is difficult to ask for peace! The court judge agrees."

As soon as Ying Zheng finished speaking, there was no more dissenting voice in the hall.