Prime Minister, don't pick up on integrity

Three days later, the coronation ceremony of King Qin took place as scheduled.

As the leader of the ministers, Lu Buwei, the prime minister, led the ministers to Yongcheng, and Li Si, who was the guest of Qin, was naturally among them.

While waiting in the main hall of the Dazheng Palace where the grand ceremony was held, Li Si suddenly saw Lu Buwei. Compared with a few years ago, Lu Buwei, who used to be in power for a while, now looks haggard and older. Before that, that is, not long after the Chengyu Rebellion was put down, Lu Buwei was just when "Lu Shi Chunqiu" was just completed.

At that time, under the auspices of Lu Buwei, the unparalleled book "Lu Shi Chunqiu" was finally completed, and bundles of bamboo slips filled three rooms. Even Li Si had to admit that "Lu Shi Chunqiu" The compilation of "Shi Chun Qiu" was completed, and Lu Buwei contributed a lot. It's a pity that "Lu Shi Chun Qiu" was the most glorious moment of Lu Buwei's life. Started to go downhill.

While Li Si was looking at Lu Buwei, Lu Buwei who was not far away had noticed Li Si and was stunned for a moment. Lu Buwei walked up to Li Si and said in a low voice, "I haven't congratulated you yet, sir."

Li Si was a little puzzled, and asked, "Xiang Guoyan smiled, why is Li Si happy?"

Lu Buwei replied with a smile: "When the king is crowned, he must seal all the ministers. Mister must be one of the nine ministers. What do you think of the position of the court lieutenant?"

Li Si glanced at Lu Buwei in some surprise, and understood the meaning of Lu Buwei's words - he had already written to Yingzheng, recommending Li Si as Tingwei, and the position of Tingwei happened to be Li Si who had been doing it for decades jobs for...

Although he didn't know whether Ying Zheng agreed, Li Si still said: "I don't care about power..."

As soon as Li Si opened his mouth, Lu Buwei sneered in his heart. He had seen a dog with no bones, but he had never seen a scholar who was not interested in power, or could it be said... the position of Jiuqing really couldn't satisfy him?

Looking at Li Si in front of him, this is also the first time in so many years that Lu Buwei has looked at Li Si squarely. When he first saw him, Li Si was an envoy from South Korea. All the officials were speechless. At that time, Lu Buwei had already noticed the sharp young man, but he did not show him as an opponent.

When I met Li Si for the second time, he had already become the long history of the Qin State, and he only worked for the King of Qin.Invite Li Si to the mansion. Lu Buwei originally wanted to find out his truth, but what he didn't expect was that in the end, Lu Buwei himself was moved by his words and began to compile "Lu Shi Chunqiu". Facts have proved that his decision did not matter. Wrong, he was already a little grateful to Li Si in his heart.

But as Li Si helped King Qin to quell the chaos, and was worshiped by the King of Qin as Prime Minister and named Zuo Shuzhang, Lu Buwei gradually regained his sense of crisis, and such a feeling began to sprout in his heart.

Li Si, will soon take his place.

Lu Buwei still remembers that it was just a few days before the grand ceremony that this feeling became stronger and stronger, and he finally decided to seek a meeting with Ying Zheng and recommended Li Si as one of the Nine Ministers.

For a person who has not been in Qin for a long time, the position of Jiuqing is already a great honor, and this can also be regarded as the biggest concession that Lu Buwei can make.

But what Lu Buwei didn't expect was that after hearing his recommendation, Ying Zheng didn't say a word at first, and after a long silence, he said lightly: "I have my own arrangements."

After speaking, he put Lu Buwei aside and ignored him.

Lu Buwei just knelt in the study with his head down. Ying Zheng didn't let him leave, so he naturally didn't dare to back down. If it was a few years ago, Lu Buwei wouldn't have cared about these at all. At that time, he still covered the sky with one hand Mr. Xiangguo, who has power over the ruling and opposition parties, but now...

At that time, Lu Buwei raised his head and glanced quietly at Ying Zheng behind the case. His face was calm and expressionless, but what he held in his hand was the supreme power of Qin State. At this time, Ying Zheng was no longer The child who was thrown in Handan by another person back then was not the puppet king of Qin who was at his mercy. If he wanted to, he could drive himself out of the phase at any time...even...kill himself...

At that time, Lu Buwei already regretted his decision to come to see the King of Qin. I don't know if it was because he knelt for too long, his legs were already a little weak, and his forehead and palms began to sweat. It seemed that hundreds of years had passed before he heard Ying Zheng's voice in a trance: "Why is Xiangguo still kneeling here! Please get up!"

While saying this, Ying Zheng got up and helped Lu Buwei up attentively, as if he had really forgotten.

But Lu Buwei knew very well that Ying Zheng did it on purpose.

He just wants to torture his will on purpose, he just wants to fear him, this is Yingzheng's real purpose...

Just as Lu Buwei was remembering, the ceremonies and music were played, and the pro-government ceremony of the King of Qin had officially begun, and the officials immediately fell silent, "The auspicious time has come! Your Majesty is on stage to accept the ceremony!"

Following the loud call of the chief of ceremonies, Ying Zheng, who had already fasted and bathed, finally appeared on the high platform. He was wearing a black cumbersome dress, his figure was tall and straight, and his face was no longer the same as when he was young. Immature, replaced by the toughness of youth.

But for some reason, seeing Ying Zheng like this, what Li Si thought of was the boy under the red plums. His eyes were as cold as white snow, and there was no expression on his handsome face. Attracted Li Si.

Once may be a coincidence, but twice is inevitable.

Watching Ying Zheng walked to the center of the high platform, Ying Zheng also looked towards Li Si, the eyes of the two met, and a smile suddenly appeared on Ying Zheng's face, like a red plum blooming on top of the white snow .

Seeing this smile, Li Si's heart trembled suddenly, he lowered his head a little stiffly and looked away.

Just now, there was a trace of hesitation in Li Si's heart. He was hesitating whether he should leave Qin and Ying Zheng's side.

When Li Si was upset, on the high platform, the coronation ceremony was being held according to the procedure. The chief of ceremonies crowned Yingzheng in the order of cloth crown, leather bien, jue bien, and finally the nine-pronged Xuan crown. The second coronation is also the four coronations that clearly show the identity of the King of Qin. Naturally, each time is more solemn than the last, until the last coronation, that is, the nine-armed Xuanmian.

The luxurious nine-pronged Xuan Mian was finally worn on Ying Zheng's head, and the main hall of Dazheng Palace was extremely quiet, as if the world had quieted down for this moment.

Mian Yan blocked Ying Zheng's face, Li Si couldn't see Ying Zheng's expression clearly, but he could feel that he was looking at him from afar, looking deeply at him, this time, Li Si didn't look away from him again. Moved away, across the audience, across the high platform, across the king's crown, they looked at each other quietly, even Li Si didn't feel it, his eyes were already moist...

"Li Cheng! All the ministers bow down!"

The ceremonial officer's voice broke the silence, and all the officials bowed down one after another as if they had just woken up from a dream, and said in unison, "Long live my king, long live Great Qin!"

After all the ministers bowed and worshiped, it was the last step of the grand ceremony. King Qin received the seal and pardoned the world.

For so many years, the seal that should have belonged to the King of Qin has been kept by Prime Minister Lu Buwei. According to the original plan, it should be Lu Buwei's appearance at this time. He took a golden plate covered with black silk from Shang Shuling's hand.

"Your Majesty accepts the Yuxi sword."

Hearing the officer of ceremonies say this, all the officials were extremely surprised, and Lu Buwei was even more embarrassed. At this moment, the officer of ceremonies had already lifted the black thick covering on the gold plate.

On the gold plate, there is a jade seal and a sword.

That jade seal is indeed not the Qin State jade seal kept by Lu Buwei, but the emperor's seal carved from the most precious treasure in the world.

In later generations, it was called the Chuanguo Yuxi, which was passed down from generation to generation through several dynasties, but was unfortunately lost in the war.

Yingzheng took over the jade seal and saber in the gold plate, and the ceremony has come to this, which means that no matter in fact or in name, Yingzheng has become the master of Qin at this moment, and in order to show the power in his hands, According to general practice, the surnamed king will issue an edict as the first edict after he takes office, and its content is nothing more than rewarding the ministers and amnesty for the world.

As for Yingzheng's first edict, the content was indeed a reward, but he only awarded one person.

The ceremonial officer had already brought the white silk for writing the imperial edict, but Ying Zheng signaled him to step down. On the high platform, the young King Qin who had just been crowned looked around at the ministers, and suddenly said to Li Si: "Your Majesty, you are writing the imperial edict for the widow. "

Li Si had no choice but to go forward and take notes, only listening to Ying Zheng:

"Pass down the imperial decree of the King of Qin, worship guest Qing Li Si as the prime minister, and grant Daliang Zao."

Li Si's hand trembled suddenly, the audience was silent, Lu Buwei's face was ashen, but no one dared to speak, only Li Si raised his head in astonishment and asked: "My lord! This..."

Before Li Si finished speaking, Ying Zheng waved his hand at him and said, "I haven't finished." Sure enough, after a pause, Ying Zheng continued: "I deeply feel the chaos in the harem. Proclaim to the world that Yingzheng will not establish a queen, nor marry a concubine. This is it."

This time, with a bang, the pen in Li Si's hand fell directly to the ground.