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The spring of the thirty-one year of the First Emperor, on the tenth day of the year.

A team of 300 fully armed soldiers, holding long spears and black Daqin dragon flag, escorted ten carriages and several missions composed of officials selected from the three provinces and six ministries and the translator of the Dianke Administration and left Xianyang City and went west.

At the gate of the city, Chen Xu and a group of colleagues in the newspaper office and some relatives and friends who were seeing each other waved farewell to Li Shun.

"Don't worry, Master Marquis, follow this trip and will definitely complete the mission to repay Master Marquis and Your Majesty!"

Li Shun had a bruised mark on his cheek. He rode on the horse's back and waved his skin and said goodbye, then left with a clamp of his horse's belly.

Originally, Chen Xu said that all civil and military officials in the court were trying to be ambassadors for the mission to Yuezhi this time, but in fact, after he inquired the next day, he found out that the Marquis was really talking nonsense. No one in the civil and military officials in the court was willing to take on this chore that might have gone but never returned.

But no matter what, this matter is a foregone conclusion. The emperor said nothing and had no room for a turn for the order.

Therefore, after hearing the court, Li Shun went home and hugged his wife and concubine and cried for a long time, and then fucked his wife at home all day without going out all day. He asked Xiaoyun and the two concubines to raise their babies at home. If he couldn't come back, the Li family would rely on their belly. When Li Shun and the family were hugging each other and cried enthusiastically, their uncle Qiu Cheng suddenly broke in, and it didn't mean that the reason was that he chased Li Shun and beat him up.

"We cannot be lustful, poor and humble, and mighty and powerful. What about the ambition of a real man you told me at the beginning? Such a great opportunity to serve the emperor and the Qin Dynasty, but she cried and made a woman's case. Why do you say a real man? Well, why do you say a real man? Besides, this matter was arranged by the Marquis of Qinghe, and it will definitely go smoothly. What's the moral of the day to spread the debauchery..."

The thunder god in the sky is great and the uncle on the ground is great. Under Qiu Cheng's beating and scolding, Li Shun could only beg for admitting his mistake with shame.

As for why my uncle suddenly came to the door and beat him up indiscriminately, he didn't dare to ask.

And naturally only Chen Xu and Qiu Cheng knew about the internal affairs.

Although Chen Xu didn't care much about Li Shun's changes, he still knew something. When he came back to the northwest with the army and became rich, young people would inevitably become exaggerated. They lived in luxury houses and married beautiful concubines, and went in and out of carriages and horses and slaves, which fully met the promise that Chen Xu tempted him to be a military reporter in the northwest.

But how could such a great young man be abandoned and buried?

Chen Xu personally came to Li Shun's mansion to inform him of being an envoy, but he found that this guy was doing nothing in the daytime and fucked two concubines on the kang. When he asked about Xiaoyun and Li Shun's usual condition, Xiaoyun began to cry and sobbed, saying that Li Shun had ignored her since she came back, favored her two concubines every day, and had said words to give up on her.

Chen Xu was angry at that time.

The so-called wife who is not abandoned is not abandoned. Although the status of women in the Qin Dynasty is not high, there are provisions in the Qin law that the status of husband and wife at home is equivalent. The husband can be punished by his wife if he makes a mistake, but the wife can also be punished by his husband. If the conflict is too big, he will go to the government to mediate, and the officials will not be too biased towards men. The theoretical things such as the Three Obediences and Four Virtues advocated by Confucianism have no basis at present, because what Qin Dada hates most is the Confucian disciple who is full of benevolence and etiquette.

Chen Xu himself has three real wives, which were arranged by the emperor. Chen Xu treated everyone equally and respected them very much.

Shui Qingru's personality is the most independent and Chen Xu likes the most. He is gentle and understanding. He has always respected Shui Qingru's lifestyle and never interferes. Sometimes when the interest comes, the two of them will fall in love in broad daylight, but they absolutely have no forced actions.

Ying Shiman, as a princess, Chen Xu acted more cautiously and rarely hugged each other in broad daylight. This was to protect the princess' identity and the face of the Tian family, so that people would not make people gossip about Ying Shiman, so the two of them always felt respectful.

Not to mention Meng Wan, Chen Xu is still well-raised. If it were another man, he would have been unable to help but lose his mind. This is also a kind of cherishment and respect.

As for Fan Caiying, Chen Xu is more favored and occasionally makes special moves, such as swinging and fighting in the field, but she definitely respects Fan Caiying's ideas and will not force them. Moreover, Fan Caiying is a business woman with a low status. As a concubine, no matter what kind of acts she makes for indulge in her daily life, no one will make any remarks about her, because her identity and status determine that her behavior will not be criticized.

And Chen Xu never became immersed in it because he liked her and did not work hard.

Therefore, Chen Xu was naturally not satisfied with Li Shun's changes, but he was not good at teaching him a lesson in person, so he mentioned Li Shun's affairs to Qiu Cheng, and Qiu Cheng was naturally angry.

As the saying goes, family ugliness should not be made public.

Li Shun actually fell to this point. As an uncle, Qiu Cheng naturally had to remind Li Shun well for Chen Xu.

Therefore, after Li Shun was beaten up, he honestly led the team to Yuezhi on a business trip.

Although the future is bright, no matter what, this is a chore. Because spring is just beginning, and the weather is slowly getting warmer, the northwest must still be cold and cold. Moreover, the royal court of Yuezhi is still unknown. Even if it goes smoothly, it will take at least two months to return. The flower world of Xianyang City cannot be seen, and many young ladies in the garden cannot be hugged...

Li Shun was feeling like he was losing his parents when he was on the road.

The news of the mission to Yuezhi spread in Xianyang, causing a slight ripples among the people, but as the envoy left, Xianyang City quickly calmed down and threw this matter behind his head.

Because after conquering the Huns and Donghu, the confidence of the people of Xianyang had already burst out. The Yuezhi, a barbarian who was almost the same as the Huns and Hu, was actually not worth sending envoys, just sending troops to conquer them.

What's more, Dongfang Road has been fully built now, and it takes only about twenty days to travel around Qijun by carriage and horse, and it takes more than 2,000 miles to and from the front and back. At present, a large number of merchants are preparing goods, just waiting for the imperial court to officially issue an order to open traffic. The road must be extremely busy overnight.

Li Si’s Mansion.

The stove was burning hot, and the kang was burning warm. It was covered with thick black bear skin, with silver-white hair and old-faced Li Si sat on the kang, wearing a thick mink coat, and on the big chairs on both sides of the stove were several middle-aged officials with serious faces, all of whom were high and powerful officials in the court.

"Li Xiang, the Queen of Qinghe is now pressing step by step. We still have to think of a countermeasure to suppress it. Otherwise, if this continues, there will be no chance for us to speak in the court!" Xie An, the Secretary General, bowed and said.

"Yes, Prime Minister, Dongfangdao's bet failed, Qinghehou's new commercial law was promulgated and implemented. Now we feel that we are constrained everywhere. We have reviewed and approved the many memorials from the Shangshu Province. They actually came to the door to insult us and disrespect the new commercial law..."

"Yes, even the candidate for the Yuezhi mission this time, Qinghe Hou stole the limelight from the prime minister and became more and more aggressive..."

Several officials spoke one after another, hoping that Li Si could come up with a countermeasure to deal with Chen Xu.

"How to clamp down?" Li Si said after a long silence, "I can't do anything about the Eastern Dao. I have an investment of 400 million yuan. Such a huge project will be completed within one year. How can you stop me? Your Majesty's kindness is so prosperous. I can't do anything except for endurance!"

"The last time the Ten Bad Sorrows of Spells appeared was a good opportunity, but unfortunately... Your Majesty is so kind to the Queen of Qinghe!" An official sighed.

Li Si's beard and eyebrows twitched a few times.

Originally, he saw that the construction of Oriental Road was too smooth, so he asked someone to plan the ten evils of magic theory. He hoped to anger the emperor and ban the hundred forums and newspapers to give Chen Xu a heavy blow, but unexpectedly, Chen Xu saw through it, and resolved the attack by taking retreat as an advance, and then he focused on the construction of Oriental Road without caring about the government. He also organized a Cuju conference, which made a lot of money in a lively manner, and even the emperor lent a hundred thousand yuan of lottery tickets.

Later on, Li Si didn't want to find a way to stumbling on Chen Xu, but because of something, he began to be afraid of his actions.

Because on the third day when the Ten Bad Stories of Magic appeared, the emperor secretly went out of the city to catch fish with Qinghehou for a picnic.

This made him feel extremely dangerous and even dangerous.

Although the theory of the Ten Bad Spirits appeared very secretly and no one knew about it except Li Si and a few close friends, the timing of this incident was too strange, and it was different from Chen Xu's usual style. At that time, there was indeed a very violent wave, and the emperor was also very angry. However, because of the emperor's special trip, the whole court suddenly became quiet, and the subsequent treatment was also underestimated.

The emperor must have guessed that the argument might have been made by Li Si, so he went out of the city to catch fish and picnic with Chen Xu, using this action to show his support for Chen Xu.

The battle between Li Si and Chen Xu became more and more intense. The emperor did not want Li Si to do more excessive things. At the same time, this can also be regarded as a warning to Li Si.

Although the emperor did not want to see the court officials harmonious, and he could control himself better by fighting each other, he did not want to see the two ministers he relied on the most to fight to the death.

Because Li Si had a criminal record, poisoning Han Fei to death made Qin Shihuang regret it. Once the struggle between Li Si and Chen Xu reached a life-and-death situation, it is impossible to guarantee that Li Si will no longer use despicable means. Chen Xu is not Han Fei, he is a disciple of the immortal family. Once Chen Xu is hurt, the thunder rage of Taiyi Immortal Lord will come, and no one can bear the consequences.

Protecting Chen Xu is actually protecting Li Si and even the emperor himself in disguise.

Later, Li Si secretly stole Chen Xu's five poisons Shuhun Water, hesitated for a few days, and then drank it for several days. Finally, the old and weak body withstood the domineering poison, almost dead.

Even though Li Si believed that Chen Xu did not see the origin of Li Shun's family, this incident still gave him a heavy blow and warning. It seemed that it was easy for Chen Xu to kill him. The methods of the disciples of the Immortal Family were extremely strange and made people unable to defend themselves, and they could take the bait and seek death.

Therefore, under the influence of these many factors, Li Si is becoming increasingly weaker and weaker. Even if he resents Chen Xu in his heart, he has to endure it because he can hardly find the means and methods to deal with Chen Xu now.

Moreover, if he continues to deal with Chen Xu secretly, he cannot guarantee that the emperor will not be disappointed with him. Once this happens, his position in the court will inevitably plummet, and it is very likely that he will go home to retire in advance.

What's more, the implementation of the new commercial law. From those rigorous and fulfilling legal provisions, he showed him another completely different state of magic in governing the country.

He even began to expect to see more reforms from Chen Xu.

Because Chen Xu's new Legalists' words have been circulated now, that is to say, Chen Xu himself also advocates magic to govern the country. This can be seen from the promulgation of the new business law, the provisions and clear punishments have relaxed the scope and rights of merchants and civilians to do business, but it has not relaxed the constraints on merchants and punished them.

Seeing Li Si silent, several officials had to say goodbye and leave.

Without Li Si taking the lead, these Legal disciples who had previously adhered to the government's affairs began to feel a kind of powerless desolation.

"Chen Xu, Chen Xu, I want to see what you can change the Qin Dynasty to? Even if I die, you must not be the last person who laughs and says, the disciple of the Immortal Family... It is not that I will not die. Enlong will always have a limit, but that day has not arrived yet..."

Li Si sat alone on the kang, tightly wrapped in a marten coat, looking at the burning fire, and murmured softly in his mouth.
Chapter completed!