Li Shui looked at Gongsun Cheng and suddenly said with aggrieved expression: "Master Gongsun, you and I have no grievances, why do you want to impeach me?"

Li Shui's expression put Gongsun Cheng in a good mood. He smiled slightly and said: "There is no enmity or enmity? If you bring harm to the Qin Dynasty, then it is an enmity. As a minister of the Qin Dynasty, I naturally want to eradicate the traitors."

Li Shui gritted his teeth and looked at Gongsun Cheng, and after a while he said, "Don't bully me. My sworn brother Li Xin will be back from the North in the near future."

When Gongsun Cheng heard this, he burst into laughter. He thought: Huaiguzi, without His Majesty's protection, is like a lost dog. Today, Li Xin was moved out. Ridiculous, extremely ridiculous.

Seeing Li Shui's embarrassment, the others also laughed incessantly. There was a happy atmosphere outside the government hall.

Several courtiers who had always been at odds with Li Shui also joined Gongsun Cheng's team and mocked Li Shui.

Li Shui took out a piece of bamboo and said, "If you insult me ​​again, I will write down your names. When my sworn brother comes back in the future, I will take revenge one by one."

The courtiers burst into laughter again.

Revenge? That guy Li Xin is brave but not resourceful. In the past, when Huaiguzi didn't come, Wang Li alone would have made him miserable.

After Huaiguzi is placed under house arrest in the palace, even if Li Xin comes back, what will he do to everyone?

With this idea in mind, these courtiers reported their names one after another with a smile, as if "even if I tell you my name, what can you do to me?"

Li Shui wrote down their names very carefully.

It didn't take long, and when the time came, hundreds of officials entered the palace and began to discuss politics.

Today, Ying Zheng was very serious. He looked at the ministers and said: "Today, I summoned all the ministers to come here to discuss the matter of Sophora and Millet."

As soon as he finished speaking, Gongsun Cheng stood up and said, "Your Majesty, I want to impeach Huaiguzi."

When impeaching a person, the most important thing is to seize the opportunity. Now that Li Shui is about to fall, the first person to push him is of course the first to do it, and those who follow behind are far behind.

Gongsun Cheng understood this principle very well, so he was the first to jump out.

Ying Zheng did not express any objection and nodded slightly.

Seeing the emperor's permission, Gongsun Cheng was so happy that he scratched his head and scratched his head and said: "Your Majesty, it has been more than a few months since the pagoda and millet came into Xianyang. In the past few months, Xianyang City has not been peaceful for a day."

"How many court officials died? How many people abandoned their homes and careers? This man is truly the disaster star of the Qin Dynasty."

Ying Zheng said calmly: "Is there any evidence?"

Gongsun Cheng was stunned for a moment, thinking: What evidence is needed for something that everyone knows?

However, since His Majesty wants evidence, it must be produced, so Gongsun Cheng said anxiously: "The deceased court officials include Wang Li, Zhao Gao, Ma Lingshu, Yan Le..."

Gongsun Cheng was counting people one by one when Ying Zheng suddenly said calmly: "Is it possible that these people died because of grievances?"

Gongsun Cheng was stunned again and said: "There is no grievance."

Ying Zheng said: "Since there is no grievance, then they deserve what they deserve. Huaiguzi caught them, isn't it a meritorious service?"

Gongsun Cheng was speechless. He thought: What's going on? Doesn't His Majesty already hate Huaiguzi? Why does the atmosphere feel wrong?

However, he quickly thought that His Majesty is the Holy Emperor after all. Even if he hates Huaiguzi, he still needs evidence and is not willing to use the authority of the king to kill people.

Thinking of this, Gongsun Cheng became energetic and said: "Huaiguzi has contributed to killing the courtiers, but it has caused the displacement of the people, which Huaiguzi has done. I heard that people from hundreds of miles away in Xianyang City have also gathered around Shangjun's Villa.

.Leave home and career behind and struggle to survive..."

Ying Zheng said extremely impatiently: "This matter has been made clear and clear for a long time, and you want to bring it out again. It is simply pedantic."

Gongsun Cheng was confused: I impeached Huaiguzi and was reprimanded by His Majesty? What is His Majesty's attitude?

Not only Gongsun Cheng was confused, but many court officials were also confused.

Could it be that... His Majesty is not tired of Huaiguzi yet? They suddenly became a little scared. In the past few days, they stayed up late and wrote many memorials to impeach Huaiguzi. They are all with His Majesty now.

If Huaiguzi is safe, wouldn't it mean that he has a deep hatred against him?

Especially the group of people who had ridiculed Li Shui at the palace gate were even more uneasy. Some of them were already pale and shaking.

Gongsun Cheng gritted his teeth. Now that the matter has come to this, is there any way out? No matter what His Majesty's attitude is, he must fight for it.

So he said loudly: "Your Majesty, it is true that the people have been displaced. I have seen it with my own eyes."

Ying Zheng sneered and said calmly: "Then do you know why the people are displaced? Why do they not cultivate the fields at home, but go to Shangjun's Villa instead?"

Gongsun Cheng was speechless.

Ying Zheng stood up and rebuked loudly: "Idiots. They are doing business with those alchemists in Shangjun Courtyard. The profit they make is a hundred times that of farming. How can they not come to Xianyang?"

Gongsun Cheng said bravely: "However, the people are running around, which is not conducive to the stability of the world."

Ying Zheng was furious: "Gongsun City, do you want me to be an emperor who will never allow the people to have enough to eat?"

Gongsun Cheng was so frightened that he did not dare to speak any more.

Ying Zheng took a deep breath and said calmly: "Today's court meeting, all officials can speak freely. I will pardon your innocence. You can continue to speak."

Gongsun Cheng was completely frightened and said solemnly: "I...I have finished speaking."

Ying Zheng said coldly: "You haven't finished speaking. In the past few days, you have written to me eloquently and written more than ten thousand words. There is a lot of content in it. Today in the court, you refused to say anything. After all,

What’s the purpose?”

Gongsun Cheng's head was sweating: Forget it, forget it, just die.

So he bit the bullet and said: "Your Majesty, when people come to Xianyang, they can indeed earn money. However, the land at home is barren, and over time, it will definitely lead to famine."

Ying Zheng said calmly: "I have established Changpingcang according to Huaiguzi's suggestion. Now that food prices are rising steadily, many people have returned to their hometowns to farm. Thanks to Huaiguzi's farmland method and the leasing of cattle.

Strategy. One person can take care of the land that used to take four people to cultivate."

"Nowadays, the people near Xianyang, a couple, often have one person farming at home and the other doing business in Shangjun Courtyard. Life is many times better than before."

"Everyone will know this information if you inquire casually. As a courtier, you keep saying that you are thinking of the world and the people. But you know nothing about the world and the people. I am really disappointed."

Gongsun Cheng wanted to die. He didn’t want to impeach anymore, he just wanted to leave.

Ying Zheng said calmly: "Go on. List the crimes listed in your memorial one by one. If one thing is missing, it is deceiving the emperor."

Gongsun Cheng gritted his teeth and said: "I still want to impeach Huaiguzi, provoke for no reason, and start a war with the Xiongnu."

Ying Zheng said calmly: "Victorious news from the border passes frequently. What? Do you think I should not expand my territory? Do you think I should hide in the Central Plains? When the Huns come, we should resist them. When the Huns leave, we should pretend to be at peace with each other.

No problem, continue singing and dancing?"

Gongsun Cheng wiped the cold sweat from his head and said to Ying Zheng: "Your Majesty is a heroic lord, eager to eliminate border troubles, and eager to leave a peaceful and prosperous age to future generations. I admire you endlessly. However... However, the Xiongnu is a bitter and cold land. Even if we attack

If you come down, you won’t be able to farm.”

"Sending troops to guard the country will waste money and food, and the people will bear a heavy burden. If the army is withdrawn, the tribes on the grassland will come back in a few decades."

"Therefore, the Huns are like weeds. Although fire can burn them to the ground, they will definitely grow back next year. It is really unnecessary."

"I have made some calculations in private. In the past, the seven kingdoms fought for supremacy. Qin, Zhao, and Yan all built the Great Wall to resist the Huns. There were police in one place and echoes in several places, and the effect was quite good."

"Your Majesty, it is better to conquer the people and connect the Great Wall of the Three Kingdoms. In this way, the money, food and manpower spent will be far less than that of sending out a large army, and the effect will be extremely obvious."

"Besides, after the Great Wall is successfully built, it can be used to control the flow of merchants and prevent the Huns from obtaining salt and iron. As a result, the Huns will be trapped during the day without spending a single soldier, and their strength will naturally weaken."

Ying Zheng nodded with satisfaction: "This suggestion is quite pertinent."

Gongsun Cheng was relieved when he heard Ying Zheng's praise. It seems that His Majesty really wanted to play the role of a fair and selfless holy monarch today.

In this way, the reprimand just now was for Huaiguzi? Does it mean that it is not that the emperor dislikes you, but that you are guilty and must be punished?

After thinking about this, Gongsun Cheng suddenly became energetic and said: "Your Majesty, I want to impeach Huai Guzi for deceiving the world's magistrates."

Ying Zheng said calmly: "Tell me and listen."

Gongsun Cheng bowed and said: "Huai Guzi recruits scholars from all over the world in the name of seeking immortality. However, does he really seek immortality? No."

"Those alchemists were stranded outside Shangjun's courtyard. They were blackmailed by the nearby Guizhou chief every day. The Guizhou chief is a citizen, so aren't the alchemists citizens of Qin?"

"Huai Guzi used the alchemist's money to help nearby Guizhou provinces. It was clearly a generous act of generosity to others, and he was suspected of buying people's hearts."

Ying Zheng nodded slightly.

When Gongsun Cheng saw Ying Zheng nodding, he was about to cry with excitement. He said even more sonorously: "Not only that, did Huaiguzi send those alchemists to the far west to find immortals? No. I heard that those alchemists were

I was sent to the territory of the Xiongnu, and I searched for some kind of ore and some rare and rare herbs all day long. But so far, among the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty, who has ever seen a piece of iron or a piece of copper?"

"I suspect that Huaiguzi has exiled all these alchemists in the name of seeking immortals. Huaiguzi has always been at odds with the alchemists. This time, I am afraid that he will take the opportunity to retaliate and wipe out all the alchemists in the world."

"I boldly speculate that Huaiguzi's purpose is to kill all the alchemists. From now on, only he, Huaiguzi, can do the work of finding immortals and refining elixirs for His Majesty. Then he has no checks and balances and can do whatever he wants.

"

Li Shui looked at the impassioned Gongsun Cheng and thought: "This man is a talent and has a rich imagination."

Ying Zheng also smiled: "It's interesting."

Gongsun Cheng directly regarded this smile as recognition of himself.

He was so proud that he couldn't help but think: In the past, Niu Dou also impeached Huai GuZi for recruiting alchemists, but the result was a complete failure. The key is that this idiot didn't even get to the point. It would be great if Niu Dou was still here, I want him to

See what real impeachment looks like in person.

After being slightly distracted, Gongsun Cheng continued: "In addition, Huaiguzi first recruited alchemists and then purchased servants, using rough methods. This led to the recent incident of allowing slaves to commit crimes. Afterwards, Huaiguzi insisted not to admit it, insisting that someone

Framed."

"There is no proof whether this Iron Hand is actually a craftsman from Shangjun Courtyard. But even if he is not, even if someone is really framing him, so what? If Huaiguzi hadn't been arrogant and domineering, would anyone have used this to frame him?
To be continued...