In the past few days, some major events have happened in Xianyang City.

One of the things was that Li Xin reaped a wave of wealth.

He just hired more than a dozen down-and-out scholars and copied some nonsense articles to refute rumors.

I did it so I copied it because these articles were all exactly the same, but I had a different name.

Li Xin took these rumor-refuting articles to the court officials. These court officials were the same as Wu Chi's reaction. After hesitating for a while, they rejected Li Xin's kindness and took out one million yuan to apologize to Li Xin.

After all... Mr. Fu Yao had already agreed to draw comic strips. Compared with the two, of course, I chose Mr. Fu Yao's comic strips.

The second major event in Xianyang City was that many court officials suddenly praised Mr. Fu Yao overnight.

Mr. Fu Yao, because of the fault of some servants, actually came to the door to apologize and explained to himself that with such a mind and such character, isn’t this the legendary sage monarch?

Moreover, these court officials were vaguely a little bit of care. If Mr. Fu Yao had drawn a comic strip, would he be able to become famous?

Therefore... deep in their hearts, they actually felt a little bit of flattery about Fu Yao.

These two incidents were a hot topic, and many people sensitively noticed that the court officials had quietly changed their choices for the ideal prince.

In the past, they liked Fusu.

Although Fusu was Chunyu Yue's apprentice and believed in Confucianism, Fusu was the eldest son after all, and he was generous. If Fusu became the emperor, the Qin Dynasty would not be very bad.

But now the court officials suddenly discovered that Fu Yao's talent seemed to be above Fusu. If Fu Yao became the emperor, the Qin Dynasty might be better.

These are just private speculations by court officials. As for what Ying Zheng thought, court officials did not know.

The power of heaven is unpredictable.

As for another candidate for the crown prince, Hu Hai and the court officials almost forgot about him.

Others forgot Hu Hai, but Li Si and Wang Wan did not. They kept writing letters to Ying Zheng. In the end, Ying Zheng really agreed and allowed Hu Hai to leave the Qin Dynasty and go to the Peacock Kingdom to study Buddhism.

Those who passed by Hu Hai were also officials sent to the Peacock Kingdom.

These officials are composed of two parts.

Some of them were those who impeached Li Shui and Li Xin and falsely accused them of lying about military affairs. After being selected for Li Xin's list, these people were slapped and refused to be slapped in the face, so they were sent to the Peacock Kingdom.

Another group of people are scholars who have a relatively low ranking after passing the imperial examination and have not been assigned official positions.

These people are generally not from high origins and are young. They are full of energy and think that they have done something in the Peacock Kingdom, returning home in glory, and returning to the Qin Dynasty to become high-ranking officials.

As for sending a prince to the Peacock Kingdom to be appointed as king, Wang Wan and Li Si have also proposed this matter.

Although they did not say who it was, since Hu Hai was already going to Peacock Kingdom, it should naturally be Hu Hai.

However... before making the decision, Ying Zheng summoned important officials in the court and discussed it in the study.

The proposal to be crowned king was opposed by Li Shui.

Li Si and Wang Wan were both dissatisfied with Li Shui's opposition.

Because only when Hu Hai was granted the title of king can he use the power of the Peacock Kingdom to oppose Li Shui, and the two of them can benefit from it.

Therefore, they tried their best to make this happen.

Wang Wan asked Li Shui: "Why can't the Peacock Kingdom be granted a king? You have said before that if I don't have a king, it will be difficult to suppress the rebels in various places and it will easily reappear in the troubled times since the Eastern Zhou Dynasty."

"Now the Peacock Kingdom is very far away from our Great Qin. Shouldn't it be more important to be appointed as the king to guard it?"

Li Shui coughed dryly and said, "I don't know if the Prime Minister has ever heard of the Immortal Science."

Wang Wan: “…”

When Chunyu Yue heard the word "Immortality" and remembered that the debate between immortals and scholars was coming, and he felt uncomfortable.

Although Chunyu Yue has been a little open-minded recently, Confucianism is something he has studied for most of his life, which can be said to have shaped his worldview.

Even in his mind, the Confucianism concept of governing the country was shaken, but he still regarded Confucianism as a first-class knowledge.

In the last battle between immortals and Confucianism, Confucianism was defeated. Whenever I think about it, Chunyu Yue was in great pain.

So he couldn't help but say, "Exiled Immortal, now we are discussing the king's enthronement, why have you changed the topic again?"

Li Shui said with a smile: "What I am talking about is the king of the Peacock Kingdom. There is a very useful truth in my immortal science, called specific analysis of specific problems."

"Is the issue of being named king of the Peacock Kingdom the same as the issue of being named king of the Great Qin? I think it is completely different."

Ying Zheng thought to himself: Xianxue? Isn’t that something that Huai Guzi made to attract attention? Does he really want to act according to this?

Li Shui said: "Why did I, Daqin, be crowned as king?"

"Because of more than 400 years of war between princes since the Eastern Zhou Dynasty, China has been divided for four hundred years, and once it was unified by our Great Qin, but people's concepts have not changed for a while."

"If someone interferes with it and provokes the people of the world, it is likely that the six countries will be reconstructed. Therefore, the princes must be enfeoffed and guarded all parties."

"But the Peacock Kingdom does not need to worry about this. The people there are used to obeying each other, treating this life as a dream, and treating the world after death as real."

"The Peacock Kingdom has been invaded by foreign tribes several times, and they all accepted it calmly. Therefore, as long as we send officials and give them a full meal, they will never rebel. There is no need to enfeoff the prince as king."

"If the Peacock Kingdom had no king, the officials there would be their own jurisdiction and their strength would be relatively weak."

"But if they have a unified king and this king is ambitious, will he integrate the power of the Peacock Kingdom and retaliate against my Great Qin?"

When Ying Zheng heard this, his eyes shrank slightly.

Li Si and Wang Wan looked at each other, and there was a deep disappointment in their eyes.

It's over, Mr. Hu Hai has no hope at all.

Hu Hai adheres to the Legalists, which is something that everyone knows. Hu Hai is ambitious, and everyone here knows it.

If he was granted the title of the Peacock King, it would be strange if he didn't fight back to Daqin.

Wang Wan even doubted whether Ying Zheng would ban Hu Hai from going to the Qin Dynasty.

However... Ying Zheng was silent for a while, looked at Li Shui and said, "I heard that the so-called monks are monks, who do not care about the world and are devoted to studying Buddhism?"

Li Shui said: "That's right."

Ying Zheng said: "Since Hu Hai has been ordained as a monk, then remove him from the prince. From now on, Bajie will be his name and he has no connection with the royal family."

"After arriving at the Peacock Kingdom, I asked him to study Buddhism wholeheartedly, not to interfere in political affairs, not to leave temples, not to make friends with officials, and not to be close to the people. If he violates my order privately, he will be regarded as a rebellion and will be killed immediately."

All the court officials present responded.

Wang Wan and Li Si were very bitter, and it seemed that their wish was going to be completely lost.

It seems that it will not work to use Hu Hai to cause trouble for Li Shui. But Wang Wan did not intend to make Li Shui feel better, and she always had to do something for him.

He said in a deep voice: "However, the Qin Dynasty is too far away from the Peacock Kingdom. This place is hanging alone outside and it is always easy to cause trouble. How do the exiled immortal plan to install it?"

Li Shui said: "Peacock Kingdom, is it very far from my Great Qin? Why don't I feel it?"

Then, Li Shui took out a picture from his arms, which was drawn by a person from Shangjun Villa.

The picture is very big. After unfolding, Li Shui pointed to the western part of the Qin Dynasty and said, "Isn't this bordering the Peacock Kingdom?"

What Li Shui refers to is a large area in Central Asia. This place was once occupied by the Western Regions and the Huns, but now it has completely belonged to the Qin Dynasty.

Wang Wan looked at it for a long time and said quietly: "As far as I know, the yellow sand is everywhere here, and it is a land without a border. It is understandable that the banished immortal took it to my Great Qin, but... in this way, the Peacock Kingdom is still very far from my China confidant land."

Li Shui said: "Precisely because the countries in the Western Regions have been pacified, I plan to build a railway here to directly lead to the Peacock Kingdom. In this way, it will only take one or two days from the confidant land of China to the Peacock Kingdom."

"Thus, isn't the distance between Peacock Kingdom and our Great Qin?

Wang Wan glared: "Building a railway? How much does it cost to build such a long distance?"

Li Shui smiled and said, "The Prime Minister doesn't have to worry about this. There are many mineral deposits such as oil and iron ore along the way. After the railway is built, these mineral deposits can also be transported out. It only takes three or five years to make a profit."

Wang Wan said, "I hope this is the case."

He felt that Li Shui was just messing around. Isn’t it a waste of talent to throw such good iron and wood on the ground?

However, Wang Wan had no intention of stopping him. He hoped that Li Shui would end up making him unable to end and eventually ruin his reputation. In that case, he would not have to pay back the money he owed him.

…………

Hu Hai had received the order and cried all night.

Good fortune is a mess, it is definitely a mess.

I originally thought of going to the Peacock Kingdom and making a comeback. As a result, my father issued such an order.

When you arrive in the Peacock Kingdom, no one can contact you and can only recite scriptures with a group of old monks in the temple? What is the difference between this and going to jail?

If I had known that I would also recite scriptures when I went to the Peacock Kingdom, why didn’t I recite scriptures in Daqin? Why would I go to the Peacock Kingdom?

However, Hu Hai did not dare to object to Ying Zheng's decision, and even did not dare to find someone to plead for him.

After all, when he was going to Peacock Kingdom, he used the reason to better study Buddhism.

Now I heard that I don’t want to go without contacting the people and officials? Isn’t that the purpose obvious? It would be strange if Your Majesty is not angry.

So Hu Hai packed his luggage with a sad face, and turned back and headed to the Peacock Kingdom with a group of officials.

When they first walked out of Xianyang City, the old ministers complained. After all, they were forced to go to the Peacock Kingdom, so they had a lot of opinions and couldn't stand anything.

These people yelled to write suicide notes all day long, thinking that they would never come back. The journey was long and the mountains and rivers were poor. This old bone must be explained to the Peacock Country.

But when they really set out, these people suddenly realized that this trip seemed not that terrifying.
To be continued...