The Six Arts of the Gentleman in the Bright Moon of Qin Dynasty

Chapter 1179 Li Si takes the blame [Subscribe*Monthly Tickets]

If someone really dared to ask, Ying Zheng could have just said, "If I have to do all this work, what use do I have for you?"

Such is the power and shamelessness of those in power.

As Bingzhou had expected, the spoils of war sent back by Wang Jian were used as repayment of debts, and a large amount of gold arrived as expected.

Chen Jian also followed the procedures and sold all the large amount of accumulated goods to the State of Qin through various channels.

"No, they are beasts, they actually use such dirty tricks!"

In Qinian Palace, in front of all the civil and military officials, Li Yao was furious.

All the civil and military officials in the Qin court looked at their noses and pretended not to hear anything.

Neither you nor Chen Jian looks more like a human being, right?

One diverted the trouble to the north, while the other actually used smuggling to sell goods. Neither of their methods was more glorious than the other.

"Now let's think about how to deal with these smuggled goods!"

After Li Yao finished scolding, Ying Zheng finally spoke.

He had long known that Bingzhou was not one that would suffer losses, but they had not expected that Bingzhou would directly use smugglers and illegal immigrants to do such a thing.

"Collect soldiers from all over the world, melt them down, use them to mint coins, and increase the wages of corvée laborers and civilians..." Li Yao had no other options.

Before, there was more money and fewer goods, so prices rose.

Now there is less money, more goods, and prices have fallen sharply.

It seems to be beneficial to the people, but in fact it is not. It will make it difficult for people to sell their goods at a high price, and the final result will still be low grain prices that will hurt farmers.

Li Si, who had just returned to Xianyang, looked at Li Yao in confusion. This bastard wanted to steal his job?
And you still say you don’t understand reform?

How did he know that his next step would be to collect soldiers from all over the world, especially the private soldiers of the nobles?
I have only been away for a short time. Where did this guy secretly go to study law?
"This is possible. Even if the Lord Internal Secretary does not mention it, my next step will be the same!" Li Si spoke up and seconded the motion.

No matter what Li Yao’s purpose is, this is what he will do next.

Li Yao was also stunned. Li Si was willing to take the blame for the problem I caused?
They are in the imperial court, and it is considered benevolence for them not to take advantage of their misfortune. If they take the blame for you, are you saving his whole family?
Ying Zheng looked at Li Si strangely. You just came back, so you probably don’t know that you two are talking about different things!

The soldiers Li Yao mentioned were weapons, while the soldiers Li Si mentioned were private soldiers.

However, Ying Zheng did not intend to remind Li Si. After all, Li Si was not burdened by too many debts, and he was not afraid of being bitten by too many lice. He did not care about taking the blame.

The other court officials also looked at Li Si in confusion.

"When did the two of them become so close?"

Xiong Qi, Wang Ben and others who had just returned to Xianyang were whispering to each other.

Everyone knows that after Xiong Qi and Wang Wan, it was Li Si and Li Yao who competed for the positions of prime minister.

As a result, Li Si actually took the initiative to take the blame for Li Yao. Did these two people agree on who would be the left and right prime ministers?

Otherwise why would Li Si come out and take charge of the matter.

"In that case, let's leave it to my dear Minister Tonggu!" Ying Zheng made the final decision. Someone must do this job.

Handing it over to Li Si would also make Li Yao feel more relaxed.

As for Li Si's high pressure...

It's better to tire one person to death than crush two.

"Yes!" Li Si stepped forward to receive the order.

"If you have something to report, please stand up. If not, please dismiss the court!" the eunuch shouted.

Naturally, the officials had nothing else to say, and they left the Qinian Palace hall one after another after Ying Zheng left.

"Tonggu, wait a minute!" Li Yao caught up with Li Si who was about to leave. Li Si stopped and looked at Li Yao in confusion. He also wanted to know which legal scholar Li Yao had studied with during his absence, who could have come up with such a strategy of collecting all the soldiers in the world and eliminating them.

"Thank you!" Li Yao bowed and saluted deeply.

“???” Li Si’s face was full of confusion. I stole your job and you are actually thanking me?
"If it weren't for Tonggu, I would probably have been scolded to death by the censors and the censors this time." Li Yao said with emotion.

Although he would not be dismissed by Ying Zheng, he would still be reprimanded.

"Are you in trouble?" Li Si hesitated for a moment before asking.

Li Yao nodded, explained in detail how he had leaked the gold and provoked Bingzhou's counterattack, and then thanked again.

“……” Li Si was silent.

It turns out that he was not studying with the master of Legalism, but had offended Bingzhou.

The two people were talking about different things.

"It doesn't matter. Our goal is to collect soldiers from all over the world, forge swords into plows, and release horses to the southern mountains. It doesn't matter where they are released. There is no difference whether they are used to forge sleds or coins!" Li Si did not point it out during the chase.

I can ask Li Yao to do me a favor, and we can cooperate better in the future when there are two Lis.

"Tonggu, don't worry. I will notify the old Qin nobles to cooperate with your actions and hand over all their private soldiers." Li Yao said seriously.

Li Si helped him so much, he couldn't just ignore the favor.

At least the Longxi Li family was still very influential among the old Qin gentry.

As long as the old Qin nobles compromised, who among the other six conquered kingdoms would dare to act rashly?
"My two lords, His Majesty invites you!" Zhang Han found Li Si and Li Yao and invited them back to the side hall of Qinian Palace.

"Tonggu, you have worked hard!" When Ying Zheng saw Li Si and Li Yao approaching, he did not care about Li Yao and took the initiative to pull Li Si to sit down.

Li Yao sat aside awkwardly. After all, it was normal that she would not be liked because of the trouble she had caused.

"It's not hard!" Li Si replied with a smile.

"Tell me what happened during this period!" Ying Zheng pulled Li Si aside to greet him, showing his sympathy for his subordinates.

Li Si did not hide anything and recounted in detail what he had seen and heard along the way, as well as the problems he discovered and how he solved them.

"With a man like you, what more could you ask for?" Ying Zheng sighed.

As for Han Fei, the person I pursued at the beginning, who is he? I don’t know him, just go and have fun!
"Bingzhou has at least given itself a way out this time!"

Finally, Ying Zheng remembered Li Yao.

Li Yao smiled awkwardly. Indeed, Bingzhou was just trying to disgust them this time and didn't really want to cause chaos in the world.

Bingzhou is not without other means of countermeasures.

For example, if they dumped the gold into Bingzhou, Bingzhou could also throw the gold back to Qin through various trading methods, increasing the amount of gold in circulation between the two countries, and everyone would suffer together.

However, Bingzhou did not do so. Instead, it helped them solve the problem of increased gold.

He still took the lives of the people into consideration to some extent.

From this perspective, it seems that what the Qin State did was a bit unkind.

"All in all, it's a good thing for the people that this matter can be resolved perfectly!" Ying Zheng said with emotion.

The large amount of gold that appeared led to Bingzhou's increased commodity production, and forced the two countries to increase people's wages, while also enriching daily necessities and commodity varieties.

"Food, clothing, housing and transportation, Bingzhou is using their methods to continuously improve the lives of Chinese people."

Li Si sighed, although Bingzhou seemed to have a bad taste, he had to admit that without Bingzhou, the people would not be able to eat meat, let alone normal fine grains.

(End of this chapter)