" Student Li Si greets Your Majesty!"
Hearing this, Ying Zheng's pupils constricted.
It was actually Li Si. He had actually appeared in the State of Qin!
Then, according to the memories of his previous life.
At this moment, Han Fei, who was Li Si's classmate, should have returned to Han.
It seemed that he had to speed up his pace and stabilize the country.
The process of unifying the seven countries had to be accelerated!
"It's you, no wonder!"
Although Li Si was not as smart as his senior brother Han Fei, he was not bad.
It wasn't strange that he could predict tonight's events.
"Your Majesty knows Li Si?"
Li Si was a little confused. He had just graduated and shouldn't be so famous.
"You studied under Xunzi of the Confucian school, and you have a senior brother, Han Fei.”
Ying Zheng went straight to the point. According to his memory, Li Si should have joined Lu Buwei first.
However, there was a deviation now, which should be related to him.
Therefore, he could only go with the flow.
Li Si was a little moved when he heard the name 'Han Fei'.
But under Ying Zheng's gaze, Li Si felt that Ying Zheng could see through him, so he answered honestly,"
"Your Majesty is wise, indeed!"
"Very good. You can predict that this king will be in danger tonight and convince the two generals to come and help this king. This king will reward you.”
"Then tell me, how should I deal with the matter of the Qin country? Well said, every morning court session, all rewarded.”
Ying Zheng was not the ruler of the country. If he wanted to govern the Qin country well, he still needed someone like Li Si.
"I am terrified. In my humble opinion, the era of strong prime minister and weak monarch has come to an end.”
"All power belongs to the king. Therefore, we should strengthen the central power to achieve the effect of order and prohibition.”
"First, execute Lu Buwei and take back his authority. Secondly, rectify the court and deal with corrupt officials. Finally, they would prepare their troops and unify the Central Plains, ending the chaotic times!”
Li Si spoke frankly and clearly without any panic.
His knowledge was very solid.
His opinion coincided with Ying Zheng's.
"Good! Very good!"
Ying Zheng was very ambitious, and Li Si had won his heart.
……
Next.
It was a bloody night.
Ying Zheng asked Lin Chong to lead over a hundred thousand imperial guards to guard the palace.
Meanwhile, Yu Huatian led the West Factory guards to arrest the people on the list.
Among them were many dignitaries.
However, Yu Huatian did not give them any face.
He would capture and kill them!
This was their right to act first and report later.
This commotion lasted until the morning court session the next day.
The next day, at the court meeting.
Half of the ministers were absent.
Those who were absent were sent to prison by Yu Huatian.
Ying Zheng, who was sitting on the throne of the King of Qin, gestured to Yu Huatian beside him.
Yu Huatian understood and stepped forward.
"Last night, Lu Buwei attempted to rebel and was arrested and sent to prison. He will be executed by a thousand cuts at noon today!”
" As for the other absent ministers…"
Yu Huatian listed the crimes of those corrupt officials in detail, and they were all extremely detailed.
After Yu Huatian finished reciting, Ying Zheng looked at the officials below and said,""Dear ministers, do you have anything to say about my punishment?”
"Your Majesty is wise!"
"Lu Buwei, this traitor, deserves to be killed!”
"These corrupt officials deserve to die!”
As the saying goes, when the tree falls, the monkeys scatter.
Everyone pushed him when he fell.
Now that Lu Buwei had fallen, these old foxes of the imperial court would definitely kick him when he was down.
They were very clear about the situation.
Now, the Qin State truly belonged to Ying Zheng.
"Very good. Since none of you have any objections, let's talk about the reward after the punishment.”
At this moment.
An electronic voice rang out in Ying Zheng's mind again.
Ding! Please choose!
[Option 1: Verbally praise the minister who contributed last night. Reward: 10,000 gold coins.]
[Option 2: Reward them with some gold, silver, and soft goods. Reward: 50,000 gold coins.]
[Option 3: Raise each of them by one rank, double their salary, and reward them with 100,000 gold coins and Zhuge Liang.]
After a quick glance, Ying Zheng chose the third option without hesitation.
He wanted all the meritorious officials from last night to be promoted by one rank and their salaries to be doubled.
These meritorious officials were only targeting Ge Nie, Wang Jian, Meng Ao, and Li Si.
Of course, for someone like Lin Chong, Ying Zheng had directly given him the position of Commander of the Imperial Army.
He was in charge of commanding all the imperial guards in Xianyang and protecting the safety of the palace.
When everything was almost arranged.
Wang Jian stood up and said," Your Majesty, Lu Buwei has been imprisoned. The position of Prime Minister is now vacant. For the sake of order in the Imperial Court, we should find someone to fill in as soon as possible.”
"That's right! That's right!"
All the officials in the court nodded.
"Don't worry, I've already found a suitable candidate.”
"Zhuge Liang, come in."
As soon as Ying Zheng finished speaking.
It was a man wearing a Confucian robe and holding a feather fan.
He walked in gracefully and knelt in the hall.
"This subject, Zhuge Liang, greets Your Majesty!"
"I love you!"
Ying Zheng raised his left hand slightly, gesturing for Zhuge Liang to stand up.
Then, he said,"Minister Zhuge, I'll appoint you as the Left Prime Minister of the State of Qin. You'll help me govern the State of Qin. Are you willing?"”
"Thank you for your grace, Your Majesty! I'm willing to do my best for the Qin country until I die!”
Zhuge Liang bowed again.
Zhuge Liang was a civil official who was extremely resourceful.
The Qin Country would definitely become stronger and stronger.
As for why he was given the title of Left Prime Minister, it was because the position of Right Prime Minister was reserved for the Legalism.
As for Han Fei or Li Si, it depended on their strength.
Ying Zheng even played a trick on him. While rewarding Zhuge Liang, he glanced at Li Si.
With Li Si's wisdom, he would definitely know that if he wanted the position of the Right Prime Minister, he had to show enough value and loyalty.
Ying Zheng's ideal country was definitely a country that was both scholarly and legalistic.
Only such a country could last forever.
Only then would he not repeat the same mistake of Qin II's death.
After this matter was settled.
It was already a quarter to nine in the afternoon.
Lu Buwei was brought to the execution ground, and the guards who specialized in executing dismemberment cut off his flesh with a knife.
Blood was dripping!
Screams could not stop!
That scene caused many of the onlookers to turn pale with fright.
Lu Buwei was given special treatment by Yu Huatian.
The executioner's knife was replaced with a blunt knife.
It was easy to imagine how much pain Lu Buwei must have felt when he was cutting off the flesh.
The pain lasted for two hours and he was cut more than three thousand times.
Only then did Lu Buwei bleed out and die of exhaustion.
Soon after.
Yu Huatian led his men to raid Lu Buwei's house and found a secret room.
He had hidden a lot of gold, silver, and jewelry.
It was comparable to half of the national treasury.
All of this money was put into the national treasury by Ying Zheng.
Including the 100,000 gold coins that the system rewarded him.
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