Chapter 106 Chasing Guests
"Have the king issued an order to expel guests?"
In the evening, Meng Tian received news that Ying Zheng was expelled.
"Yes, the edict issued by the king is very clear. People from the six countries in Shandong, those who did not obtain the status of Xia Zi, were all expelled from Qin." Gan Luo's memory is very good, and he remembers the main content of the order to expel the guest.
After Shang Yang's reform, in view of the vast land and sparse population of Qin, he vigorously recruited people from six countries and married the Qin people and was called Xia Zi and had the nationality of Qin. Meng Tian's father Meng Wu married a Qin woman as his wife. Meng Tian and Meng Yi were born in Qin and naturally were not among the expelled guests.
Qin State has a tradition of appointing foreign officials, and some people of the Six Kingdoms took advantage of loopholes. It is not ruled out that some people have the special mission of the Six Kingdoms monarchs and are lurking in Qin State.
During the Battle of Handan, after Zheng Anping led 20,000 Qin troops to surrender collectively, the Qin people believed that the people of the six countries were unreliable at critical moments. That was because Fan Ju did not lose the trust of King Zhaoxiang and personally came forward to protect Fan Ju.
The subsequent reaction of the Lao Ai Rebellion continued to ferment, affecting Lu Buwei. As soon as Lu Buwei fell, everyone pushed him, which once again triggered the Qin people's xenophobia.
"The king just took power and lacked experience. When the royal ministers were bewitching each other, the king would inevitably be impulsive."
Putting himself in his shoes, Ying Zheng felt insecure at this time. Thinking that there might be so many spies in Qin State, it was impossible to identify them one by one, so he simply did not do it and expelled them all.
Meng Tian felt that it was good to have Ying Zheng not established a concentration camp in Qin State and detained these six countries. Even in later generations, during World War II, Americans sent all the immigrants from the enemy to the concentration camp for the sake of domestic stability.
Just expel the guest. Meng Tian did not think about going to persuade him. With Ying Zheng's mind, sooner or later he would realize the mistake of expelling the guest.
Deep down, Meng Tian agreed to expel some people from the six countries. These people had a high vision and believed that they had the talent of the prime minister and could pacify the world at will. As long as their career was not going well, they began to attack the Qin system and praised the beauty of the Yao, Shun and Yu era.
For this group of people who are boasting, they should be expelled and kept in Qin. They will only squeeze their heads and fight to be visitors and become parasites.
Those real spies from the Six Kingdoms need to be carefully investigated. Once they are verified, it will not be a matter of expelling guests. They will directly chop off their heads.
However, it is definitely a big mistake to expel guests indiscriminately. People like Li Si are also among the expel guests, which is Ying Zheng's momentary impulse.
Li Si served as the chief minister of the Prime Minister's Office for a long time and became a guest minister of Qin. The guest minister of Qin is not a idle position, it is equivalent to the government's **** and can participate in part of policy discussions and formulation. Li Si has countless Qin intelligence in his hand, and once it is used by others, it will definitely be unreasonable to Qin.
It would be strange if a government secretary general and intelligence officials defected, and other countries were not happy to welcome each other.
The cold moonlight shone on the open space in front of the courtyard, illuminating a long lonely figure.
"It is easy to go from frugality to extravagance, but it is difficult to go from extravagance to frugality. Li Si, you have been in the plump granary for so long. Are you willing to go back to that shabby toilet and be that poor toilet rat?"
The giant Li Si looked at the bright moon and looked down at his hometown. Originally, he planned to arrange people to go to Shangcai, Chu, to receive his wife who had not seen for many years, and his son Li You, who had driven a yellow dog to chase a rabbit, from Qin to enjoy wealth.
But unexpectedly, happy days were always short, and before he could achieve great things, he waited for the King of Qin to expel him.
When Li Si was determined to leave Shangcai and pursue a bright future, his former colleagues and neighbors sarcasticated him.
"I said Li Si, you are a small official in Shangcai. When you get old, you may become the head of a county. If you leave now, you will not be happy for yourself!"
"Tell me, is Li Si stupid? He doesn't want to do his job as an official and wants to go out to study?"
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"When I, Li Si, returned to Shangcai alone, will be in a down-and-out manner. I wonder what people in my hometown will joke?"
Li Si shook his head. Thinking of the small place in Shangcai, many people were busy day by day, fighting for a little field, Li Si's heart suddenly became extremely firm.
I, Li Si, will never accept such a fate.
At this time, Li Si remembered the story of Wu Qi. At this time, Li Si understood why when Wu Qi left Wei Kingdom, he solemnly vowed not to be the prime minister and did not return home.
I have to do something, Li Si has a voice shouting.
He turned around, quickly returned to the room, and took out the inkstone and brush that had been put into the gift box.
"You Yu, grind the ink for me!"
You Yu, who was also a Chu native, did not leave Li Si. He joined Li Si's disciple and became Li Si's disciple. Even if he wanted to leave Qin, the two of them, who were both a Chu native, had to leave together.
Li Si paved the bamboo slips, closed his eyes, and thought intently. When You Yu prepared the ink, Li Si suddenly opened his eyes, brightly, lifted up the brush, and lit it on the bamboo slips.
The barrier of fate inspired Li Si's potential. He only felt that inspiration was emanating, his literary thoughts were surging, and his writing was like a god. When he was following Xunzi to study, Li Si read a lot of books. During his time as a minor official, Li Si practiced calligraphy hard.
Li Si's literary talent is not weak, and his calligraphy is also quite exquisite.
"I heard that the officials discussed expelling guests, and I thought it was a mistake. In the past, Duke Mu asked for his scholars, and took Yu from Rong in the west, and obtained Baili Xi from Wan in the east, welcomed Jian Shu in the Song Dynasty, came to Pi Bao and Gongsun Zhi in Jin. These five sons were not born in Qin, but Duke Mu used it, and combined the country with twenty countries, so he dominated the Western Rong. Duke Xiao used Shang Yang's method, changed customs and customs, and the people were prosperous in the Yin Dynasty, and the people were happy to use it. The princes personally accepted it, captured the troops of Chu and Wei, and promoted the land for thousands of miles, and have been strong until now. King Hui used Zhang Yi's plan to plunder the land of Sanchuan, and merged with Ba and Shu in the west,
He collected Shangjun in the north, took Hanzhong in the south, covered Jiuyi, controlled Yan and Ying, and seized Chenggao in the east, cut off the fertile soil, and then scattered the people of the six kingdoms, and sent them to serve Qin in the west, and made them do their best to this day. King Zhao obtained Fan Ju, abolished the Marquis of Rang, drove Huayang, strengthened the office, blocked the private doors, and eroded the princes, and made Qin emperor's career. These four kings all used the achievements of guests. From this point of view, why did the guest bear the Qin? He ordered the four kings to stop the guest but did not use the military personnel, so that the country would not be rich and profitable, and Qin would not have the reputation of being powerful..."
You Yu stood aside and looked at Li Si's beautiful words, handsome writing style, flying dragons and phoenixes, and freely. Once, You Yu, who loved calligraphy, decided to fall under Li Si's disciples only after seeing Li Si's good handwriting.
"I heard that there are many grains in the land, and if there are large countries, there are many people, and if there are strong soldiers, the soldiers will be brave. Therefore, the Taishan Mountains do not allow soil, so they can become large; the rivers and seas do not choose small streams, so they can reach deep; the kings do not defy the masses, so they can understand their virtues. Therefore, there are no four directions, the people have no foreign countries, the four seasons are full of beauty, and ghosts and gods bring blessings. This is why the Five Emperors and Three Kings are invincible. Now I abandoned the head of Qian to invest in the enemy country, but the guests are used to serve the princes, so that the people in the world retreated but did not dare to go west, and did not enter Qin. This is what is called "borrowing the enemy army and bringing thieves grain". The things are not produced in Qin, and there are many treasures; the soldiers do not produce in Qin, but those who are willing to be loyal. Now I expel the guests to invest in the enemy country, harm the people to increase hatred, and make the princes from the outside, and seek the country without danger, which is impossible to obtain."
call--
Li Si put down the brush in his hand, let out a long sigh, and recited it from beginning to end, which was very satisfied. Only his article can be considered as a word of money, no more or less.
"This article by sir can be passed down through the ages!" You Yu exclaimed sincerely.
Li Si stroked his beard and agreed with You Yu's statement quite a bit. He felt that this article was the most perfect article he had written in so many years. I am afraid that he will never be able to write such a popular article again in the future.
"Letter to expel guests!"
After thinking for a long time, Li Si picked up the pen and wrote the title of the article on the far right side of the bamboo slip.
Whether it can change my fate, Li Si, depends on this article. Li Si sealed the bamboo slips, temporarily put down his worries, and barely took a break.
"Hey, are I, Li Si, really leaving in a down-and-out manner?"
Looking back at the tall Xianyang Palace, Li Si's eyes were reluctant to leave and his face was full of loneliness.
He worked hard and fought for it, but no one dared to write a letter to the King of Qin for him.
Not everyone has the confidence that Mao Jiao is.
Before Ying Zheng adopted Mao Jiao's advice, he looked at many people's heads. When it was Mao Jiao's turn, quantitative change caused qualitative change, and Mao Jiao was right, Ying Zheng treated him differently.
But no one wants to accumulate quantitative change.
Ying Zheng had just issued an order to expel the guest, and Li Si was about to write a letter saying that the troops expelled the guest were slapped Ying Zheng in the face! No matter how Li Si begged, no one was willing to pass on his "Letter of Advice to Expel the Guest" to him.
On the spacious Guanzhong Road, in addition to Li Si's carriage and horse, there are also many lonely figures of the Six Kingdoms.
Wei Liao walked slowly and slowly in it, looking particularly inconspicuous.
Speaking of which, Wei Liao's luck was not ordinary. When he got rid of his fierce wife, raised money, and finally arrived in Xianyang, Qin began to expel guests.
He wanted to cry without tears, was unwilling to accept talent, and was not satisfied... Wei Liao's heart was mixed. If the Qin State, which had the best talent environment, could not become a platform for him to serve, then the six Shandong countries with strong aristocratic atmosphere would have no chance.
Could it be that in my life, I can only return to Daliang City to be a guardian of the city gate?
"drive--"
A team of knights came to the horse. The leader was the one with sword-eyed eyebrows and starry eyes, heroic, skillfully manipulating the horses, and riding very skillfully.
The road was very wide, and Meng Tian rode a horse and galloped on the official road in the middle. Looking at the favors of these people who rushed to Hangu Pass, he couldn't help but be surprised. Has Li Si not submitted the "Letter of Admonition to Exile" yet?
The other officials were expelled, but the State of Zheng and Qin did not dare to let him go easily. After listening to Wei Lin's report, Ying Zheng was also very angry. If the Zheng Canal, which had been built so much, would be a big loss if it was a conspiracy.
Meng Tian received an order from Ying Zheng to inspect the Zheng Guo Canal Project in person and then decided how to deal with Zheng Guo.
Chapter completed!