From Emperor Qin's decree to Lu Chunqiu's suicide, it was only three days, but the entire Great Qin Dynasty was shaken.

Lu Chunqiu has been a prime minister for many years, and most of the hundreds of officials in the DPRK are protégés and former officials, and now the top backer has fallen, how can he not panic?

Chang'an City, which seems to be as calm as ever, has countless officials running around each other in private, some panicking, and some wanting to go further.

In the Heart Cultivation Palace, after Emperor Qin approved a basket of folds, he stretched out his hand again, and actually touched the emptiness, frowning slightly: "Zhao Gao, why are there so few folds today?"

Zhao Gao showed a trace of embarrassment on his face, and said in a low voice: "The former prime minister Lu Chunqiu is not here, and there is no leader for hundreds of officials, so the number of twists and turns presented has been greatly reduced. ”

Emperor Qin snorted coldly: "The group of courtiers I raised are this kind of goods, without a prime minister, they still can't work?"

Zhao Gao and low stood next to Emperor Qin, not daring to reply easily, did he want to remind Emperor Qin that without the consent of the prime minister, many twists and turns could not reach the Qin Emperor, not for Lu Chunqiu to get power, but one of the responsibilities of the prime minister, is to screen the twists and turns in various places.

After a long time, Emperor Qin said coldly: "Since Great Qin has to have a prime minister, then I will set up another one, Zhao Gao, who do you think is better to succeed this prime minister?"

Zhao Gao hurriedly saluted and replied: "The minister is stupid, I don't know, and I ask Your Majesty to make a judgment." When he replied, there was a trace of cold sweat.

Emperor Qin raised his head and looked at him coldly: "I see that you are not stupid, but slippery, if you have any ideas, even if you open your mouth, will I still blame you?"

Zhao Gao hurriedly saluted, gritted his teeth and said: "Please forgive your Majesty, Weichen really doesn't know, why don't Your Majesty ask other ministers in the court?"

For Zhao Gao, pretending to be stupid in this kind of matter is the wisest choice, even if Emperor Qin has a slight blame, it is better than expressing his own opinion.

First, there are actually only a few people in the entire Daqin who can serve as prime minister, and at present, who wants to be prime minister is still unclear, and rashly recommending it will only offend people.

Second, this is the exclusive power of the Qin Emperor, a careless, cause the Qin Emperor's suspicion is not good, in case Zhao Gao recommended the person to become the prime minister, and finally for the Qin Emperor to dislike, who knows if this emperor will remember, who recommended him in the first place?

After a long time, Emperor Qin spoke up: "Go find Shang Jun to come over, I want to hear his opinion." ”

Zhao Gao hurriedly agreed and left as if relieved.

Shangjun Mansion, Zhao Gao stood at the door, quietly waiting for the doorman to report, and he was stopped at the door, without the slightest annoyance on his face.

Soon, the door of Shangjun's mansion was opened, and Shangjun's eldest son, Wei Ling, walked out with an apologetic face, and saluted Zhao Gao: "I have seen Lord Zhongshuling, my father suddenly contracted typhoid fever and was sick in bed, but it was inconvenient to come out to greet him, and I hope to forgive my sins." ”

Zhao Gao's eyes narrowed slightly, and there was a hint of coolness in his heart, and he secretly thought: Although everyone doesn't say it, do you still have an opinion about His Majesty forcing Lu Chunqiu to die? Otherwise, will a strong person in the Divine Soul Realm still be infected with typhoid fever?

However, Zhao Gao did not give up, but said with a smile: "Your Majesty has an edict, please invite Shang Jun to enter the palace, I am specially ordered to invite, no matter what, I must meet each other, so that I can go back and communicate with Your Majesty, Wei Ling, you take me to see your father." ”

Wei Ling nodded again and again: "Please in the Chinese book order." "At his level, how can he not know that his father will bring great hidden dangers to the family by doing this, and now someone can persuade him, and he is extremely happy.

Zhao Gao followed Wei Ling into Wei Ying's bedroom, only to see him standing there unharmed, scolding Fang Xuan, flowing under the clouds, and two big characters were printed on the paper "Qin Law".

Zhao Gao smiled bitterly and said with difficulty: "Shangjun, Your Majesty invites you to enter the palace, there is something important to discuss, why don't you come with me now." ”

I saw Wei Ying say lightly: "Yu Qinlu is not guilty, why did he die tragically, why did Lord Zhongshu Ling teach me?"

Zhao Gao was speechless, and a Confucian sentence suddenly flashed in his mind: "The king wants the minister to die, and the minister has to die." "That's probably the case.

Seeing that Zhao Gao didn't answer, Wei Ying didn't bother to wait for a long time, picked up the pair of words he had written, and said to Zhao Gao: "Let's go, I'll enter the palace with you, this question should be asked to Your Majesty." With that, he strode out.

Zhao Gao hurriedly followed behind him and persuaded: "Why should Shang Jun be stubborn, the deceased is gone, and Shang Jun should focus on the overall situation." ”

Wei Ying was furious, raised the calligraphy in his hand and said, "The big picture? ”

Zhao Gao was silent.

Zhao Gao led Wei Ying to the Heart Cultivation Palace, and consciously retreated, not daring to have the slightest touch.

After Wei Ying saluted Emperor Qin.

Emperor Qin opened his mouth and asked, "There is a vacancy in the court, can Shang Jun be interested?"

Zhao Gao was shocked, no wonder Merchants Jun came over, it turned out that he wanted him to be the prime minister.

However, Wei Ying shook his head and said: "The old minister is old, but he is not suitable for the position of prime minister. ”

"I see that you are old and strong, and it is quite suitable. ”

"There is nothing the old minister can do. ”

Emperor Qin just looked at him coldly: "Do you have an opinion about me?"

"The old minister didn't dare. ”

A trace of anger flashed on Emperor Qin's face, he didn't dare, not no, but Emperor Qin didn't want to argue about it, so he said lightly: "You retreat." ”

Wei Ying stepped forward and saluted: "The old minister still has a matter, please Your Majesty." ”

"You say. ”

"The minister is very old, so he asked His Majesty to resign, unloaded the title of Shangjun, and in his lifetime, he wanted to go back to his hometown to recuperate, hoping that His Majesty would approve it. ”

Emperor Qin sneered, and said angrily: "Okay, okay, I'm okay, I'm okay, retreat." ”

Wei Ying saluted: "The old minister retires." ”

When Wei Ying left the main hall, Emperor Qin finally couldn't help it, kicked over the table in front of him, and said angrily: "It's just presumptuous. ”

Then I was shocked, why did I become a little irritable recently, is it the sequelae of the secret method?

Wei Ying felt the movement behind him, and sighed in his heart: "May you and I be able to start and finish well." ”

I still think of the picture of Emperor Qin when he was young, the two of them discussing state affairs, and falling asleep.

It really should be "clothes are not as good as new, people are not as good as the old." ”

After failing to want Wei Ying, Emperor Qin thought about the right candidates in his mind: Gongsun Qi, Wei Yi, and Wang Jian were all a group of martial artists, and they were not suitable.

Suddenly, the picture of Li Si taking the lead in saluting that day appeared in Emperor Qin's mind, Emperor Qin nodded secretly, and called Zhao Gao: "Spread my will and move Li Si as prime minister." ”

After experiencing the matter of Wei Ying, Emperor Qin no longer wanted to ask the opinions of his courtiers, so he directly issued a holy decree.

Soon the will came out of Xianyang Palace, and it was in the hands of Li Si, and soon in front of Li's house, everyone came to congratulate him.

Only Li Si, holding the holy decree in one hand, sighed with a face: "Whether it is a blessing or a curse, it is not yet known." ”

Later, Li Si entered the palace to thank Emperor Qin.

Emperor Qin showed a pleasant face to the new prime minister, and encouraged a few words, and finally mentioned vaguely: "I look at this Great Qin officialdom, some of the atmosphere is still not good, some people are slacking off on political affairs, and Cheng is quite good at rectifying one or two." ”

"Nuo" Li Si promised to come down, but his heart was like a mirror, Lu Chunqiu is gone, then his henchmen in the court should also be cleaned up, Emperor Qin holds his own identity, it is not good to do these pickled things, he can only do it.

Subsequently, Li Si took office, half of the officials in Zhongshu Province were dismissed from their posts and investigated, and the Tingwei Mansion fully cooperated, and finally "the evidence was conclusive", and the light ones were exiled and the heavy ones were executed.

The Great Qin Dynasty returned to normal after that.

At this time, Wei Ying took his clansmen and quietly returned to the fiefdom.