Qin Yuedang Kong

Chapter 5 Liz Returns
A month later, Meng Yi sent back good news, and after some hesitation, Li Si finally decided to return to Xianyang.

That day Li Si received a handwritten letter from his young master Fusu, and after a lot of tangling, he opened it and read it.In the letter, Fu Su sincerely hoped that Li Si could return to Xianyang to assist him, and pointed out Li Si's current situation in the letter: "Hu Hai is incompetent, Zhao Gao relies on his merits and power, if he doesn't return to Xianyang sooner or later, he will be Zhao Gao. , harmed by Hu Hai".After reading Fusu's letter, Li Si had mixed feelings, and after hesitating again and again, he finally embarked on the road to return to Xianyang.

When Li Si arrived in Xianyang, his son Fusu went out ten li from the city to meet him in person.When Li Si's car arrived outside Xianyang City, Li Si immediately saw Young Master Fusu and his party standing on the straight road to meet him, and immediately ordered the driver to stop, and after getting off the car, he ran towards Young Master Fusu.

"My lord, my minister Li Si is ashamed of you, my lord." Li Si knelt down in front of Fusu, weeping.

"Prime Minister, please get up quickly, this must not be the case." Fu Su leaned over to help Li Si up and said.

"Now that the Prime Minister is coming back, Fusu is not very happy."

"My lord, how can Li Sihede, you are so appreciated by your lord?" Li Si was about to bow down again.He was pulled by Fusu.

"The matter of the sand dunes, I know it was not the prime minister's original intention, but was caused by Zhao Gao's coercion. I don't blame the prime minister. The prime minister assisted the late emperor in destroying the six kingdoms, and his contribution is indispensable. Fu Su dared to ask the old prime minister to help us restore the strength of the Great Qin."

"Your Excellency Li Sixie, the old minister will do his best to assist you." Li Si vowed to show his loyalty to Fusu.

Fusu knew that Li Si was sincere.With Li Si's assistance, Fusu's pressure will be relieved a lot.Although half of the land of Great Qin has fallen into the hands of various rebels, the government affairs are more complicated than before. As the saying goes, there are many worries in troubled times.

When returning to Xianyang, Fusu deliberately arranged for Li Si to ride in his car.After all, there are still many ministers in the court who have opinions on Li Si, so Li Si needs to support Su to stand on the platform for Li Si to become an official.Fortunately, Li Si was intentionally omitted in Fusu's proclamation, and Li Si's actions in the Sand Dune Incident were not made public.

The next day, the Qilin Hall of Xianyang Palace.Fusu resisted the pressure and appointed Li Si as prime minister.And made the first important decision since supervising the country:
"Prime Minister, how many civil servants are still working in the Lishan Imperial Mausoleum, the Great Wall and the Afang Palace?" Fu Su asked while looking at Li Si.

"My son, there are more than 12 civil servants in Lishan Imperial Mausoleum, and 30 military servicemen. The Great Wall has more than 5 civilian husbands, and more than [-] military servicemen. Afang Palace has more than [-] civilian husbands. people, more than [-] in military service." Li Si accurately reported the number of service workers for the three projects.Fusu nodded in satisfaction.

"Ministers and gentlemen, the loss of these three projects is huge, causing great suffering to the people of Daqin. I intend to cut down two projects to serve the people of Daqin, so as to reduce the burden on the people of Daqin." Fusu threw out the introduction and waited to see the reaction of the ministers .

"Young Master, the Xiongnu invaded our northern territory for years, and went deep into the interior many times to plunder. The Great Wall blocked the military power of the Huns from invading the territory, and made our four counties of Longxi, Beidi, Shangjun, and Yunzhong peaceful. Today, you want to reduce the number of soldiers and civilians serving on the Great Wall. I am afraid that the four counties of the Great Wall will be slaughtered by the Huns again. The construction of the imperial mausoleum is an important task of our dynasty and cannot be neglected. I think that the only thing to do is to build the Afang Palace, which can reduce the military service of civilians. Xianyang already has Zhangtai Palace and Xingle Palace. Palace, Ganquan Palace and many other palaces, the construction of Efang Palace can be postponed for a while." Dr. Daizhao Shu Suntong reported.

All the ministers looked at Shusuntong in disbelief. During the period of the first emperor, a minister advised the first emperor not to build the Afang Palace, but was ordered to die by the first emperor.After that, no one dared to speak out about the disadvantages of building the Efang Palace.Today, Shu Suntong dared to stand up and propose to suspend the construction of Afang Palace, which really shocked all the officials.Everyone was sweating for Shu Suntong.

Fusu cast a gloomy look at all the ministers, no one dared to look directly at Fusu, they all lowered their heads.Looking at Shu Suntong again, he was already nervous and didn't know what to do, looking left and right to find help.Seeing everyone's reaction, Fusu felt a little funny.It seems that he is still somewhat majestic.Shock the ministers, and the subsequent resolutions will be passed.

"My lords, I intend to release all the civilians who served in the Lishan Imperial Mausoleum and the Great Wall. Only the military service will continue to repair the mausoleum and the Great Wall. The construction of the Afang Palace is suspended, and the construction will be resumed when the country is strong. All the civilians will be released. Do you have any objections?"

After the "intimidation" just now, no one dared to oppose Fusu's resolution, and hundreds of officials in the court and central government expressed their support for Fusu's resolution.

"Is it 'intimidating' a bit too much?".Fusu felt that he had threatened a little too much. Will there be any ministers who dare to speak out in the future?Now that the decision to release the civilian husband has been passed, it is time to appease the injured hearts of the ministers.

"I was deeply inspired by what Shusun Tong said, so I stopped building the Afang Palace. Dr. Daizhao dared to speak out and advise. He is a role model for everyone. It seems that the word "Daizhao" is going to go. Promote Shusun pass as Chief Doctor”

The ministers looked at each other in blank dismay, and the development of the matter was somewhat unexpected.

"My lord, I have something to play"

"My lord, I also have something to play."

……

Seeing that Shusun Tong was promoted because of his remonstrance, the minds of all the ministers instantly became active, and they wanted to speak out to each other.How could Fusu give the courtiers a chance to speak out, these bad old men are very bad, and how many troubles would arise if they entangled again.

"My lords, I will play tomorrow if I have something to do. I will meet with my wife today to visit the tomb of my father-in-law Wang Ben, and we will discuss something tomorrow." After finishing speaking, Fu Su quickly left the Qilin Hall.A group of ministers were left in a mess behind Fusu's back.

"Didn't Madam die of dystocia when she gave birth to the young son the year before last?" The black threads in the minds of all the ministers were entangled with each other.

But it is said that at this time, the Dongjun government office was temporarily requisitioned by Hu Hai as the imperial palace, and Hu Hai was playing shuttlecock with a group of court ladies and eunuchs in the hall of the government office.The corridors on both sides of the lobby are full of chicken coops.

Because Hu Hai loves fighting cocks, all the officials gave Hu Hai a bunch of fighting cocks as they liked, and Hu Hai naturally would not refuse anyone who came.Because there were too many fighting cocks, some of them had to be stacked in the corridors on both sides of the lobby.Zhao Gao actually took advantage of the waves to suggest that if there is a dispute in the court, it should be adjudicated by cockfighting.

The most unbelievable thing is that Hu Hai accepted Zhao Gao's suggestion with great joy, and even cleverly named his fighting cock as Dr. Chicken, ranking first among the officials.

"Qizou Your Majesty, Liu Ji, a death row prisoner in Dang County, was entangled with a group of thieves who broke into the county government of Pei County half a month ago, killed the county magistrate, and smashed the county government. Please send troops to crusade quickly," a minister said.

"Presumptuous, our country is peaceful and the people are peaceful, how can there be rebellion? It is obvious that you are talking nonsense and trying to deceive His Majesty." Zhao Gaoser scolded sternly.

"Ah...yes, this person must be deceiving me. Fortunately, Zhao Chengxiang is smart, otherwise I would have been deceived...deceived by you." Hu Hai put on a look of sudden realization.

"Come here, drag this person down and cut him in half"

Immediately, two soldiers entered the hall and dragged the paralyzed admonisher out of the hall.

In the next few days, many ministers died under Hu Hai's butcher knife one after another. No one dared to report the military situation to Hu Hai.

(End of this chapter)