Originally, Ying Zheng was not very interested in Augustus. But this letter from Augustus made Ying Zheng interested.

He said to Li Shui: "I would like to take a look at your Ten Thousand Kings Pavilion."

Li Shui coughed dryly and said modestly: "Your Majesty, this Ten Thousand Kings Pavilion does not belong to my family, it belongs to Your Majesty."

Ying Zheng was slightly stunned and said to Li Shui, "Why is it mine?"

Li Shui said: "Doesn't everything I have belong to your Majesty? I was originally just a small alchemist in Chu."

"Your Majesty rewarded me with the Shangjun Courtyard, so I have this family property. Although all my current properties have many zeros, without Your Majesty's one, these zeros are nothing."

Ying Zheng couldn't help but nodded after hearing these sincere and touching words.

Li Xin thought with emotion at the side: "So it turns out that flattery can be flattered like this? Combining flattery with arithmetic, well... it looks very advanced and fresh and refined. I really learned a lesson."

Li Shui kept up his efforts and said to Ying Zheng: "Therefore, the Wanwang Pavilion belongs to your Majesty, and I am just helping your majesty to guard the money. If your Majesty wants to visit your Wanwang Pavilion, I will do my best to let you visit."

Comfortable."

Ying Zheng smiled slightly and said: "I just went to take a look casually. There is no need to make a big fanfare. I just wear casual clothes and bring a few followers."

Li Shui agreed.

Ying Zheng added: "Don't drive out the people who bought the votes. Don't use your people to wear people's clothes to deceive me. Otherwise, I will punish you severely."

Li Shui smiled bitterly and said, "I know this, and I will never dare to deceive Your Majesty."

Ying Zheng stood up and said to Li Shui and Li Xin: "You two, don't leave. Come with me to the Pavilion of Ten Thousand Kings."

Li Shui and Li Xin agreed and then waited for Ying Zheng to change his clothes.

Not long after, Ying Zheng came out.

After changing his clothes, he became a wealthy aristocrat, but outsiders couldn't tell how noble he was.

After changing his clothes, Ying Zheng was ready to take Li Shui and Li Xin to the Pavilion of Ten Thousand Kings.

But at this time, a young eunuch said: "Your Majesty, there are several Confucian scholars who want to see you."

Ying Zheng was stunned for a moment and said in confusion: "Confucian scholars? What are Confucian scholars doing here?"

Recently, Ying Zheng has almost forgotten that there are Confucian scholars in the court. After all, the current Qin government has gone beyond the scope of knowledge of Confucian scholars.

The ancient sages and sages did not mention trains, nor firearms, nor how to balance finances and make the whole world rich.

These Confucian scholars, who like to talk about ancient times rather than modern times, feel that every time they go to court, they feel that they are out of line, and they are becoming more and more confused.

Therefore, they speak less and less, their presence becomes weaker and weaker, and they are about to become mascots in the court.

And Ying Zheng has been treating them more and more as mascots recently. The presence of these courtiers means that Ying Zheng is more tolerant and can tolerate different factions and different voices.

Of course, if these Confucian scholars cannot express their own voices, then they do not blame themselves.

In fact, most Confucian scholars are also thinking about making changes. Confucian scholars led by Chunyu Yue have founded New Confucianism.

Some people respect Chunyu Yue very much and think that his changes in Confucianism were of great significance, second only to Confucius.

Some people scolded Chun Yuyue, thinking that his New Confucianism was just a branch of Immortalism.

Chunyu Yue single-handedly destroyed Confucianism and was the biggest sinner among Confucian scholars.

All in all, it’s a mixed bag.

And the remaining Confucian scholars who are unwilling to reform Confucianism have become what they are now.

They usually don't make a sound, but they try hard to observe every move in the court. Once they have an idea, they chase after them and make some ridiculous comments.

Today, they seized the opportunity again, so they hurriedly came to see Ying Zheng.

When these Confucian scholars saw Ying Zheng, especially when they saw Ying Zheng's dress, they were stunned for a moment, and then asked: "Your Majesty, what are you..."

Ying Zheng said calmly: "Go to the Ten Thousand Kings Pavilion."

When these Confucian scholars heard the words "Wanwang Pavilion", they immediately seemed to have what they wanted.

They all knelt on the ground and said sadly: "Your Majesty, you must never go to the Ten Thousand Kings Pavilion."

Ying Zheng frowned and asked, "Why can't you go?"

The Confucian scholar said: "There is only one person in heaven and on earth. How can those barbarian leaders call themselves kings? These are villains with evil intentions who deliberately confuse the public and allow those who surrendered to continue to use the title of king to call on those who are ignorant.

Foolish man and foolish woman, if things continue like this, our country in Qin will be unstable."

When Li Shui heard this, he suddenly became angry.

After all, the Ten Thousand Kings Pavilion was founded by Wei Young. Li Shui allowed others to slander him, but he would never allow others to slander Wei Young.

So he walked over quickly, raised his hands, slapped each of them twice, and then said sternly: "You rebels, how dare you talk so arrogantly?"

This group of Confucian scholars were completely stunned and looked at Li Shui with blank faces: "We...how did we rebel?"

Li Shui was also a little speechless for a moment. He was just enjoying scolding and forgot to think of a reason...

But it doesn't matter, how fast did Li Shui's mind spin? He thought of his words in an instant. He pointed at these two people and cursed: "What did you just say?"

These Confucian scholars were in a daze: "What did we say?"

They began to recite sentence by sentence: "We said... if things continue like this, our country, Daqin, may not be stable. But what we said is that if things continue like this, we are not saying that Daqin's country will be unstable now."

Li Shui thought about the reason and said, "That's not the case."

These Confucian scholars thought for a while and said, "We just said that there are some villains who harbor evil intentions..."

Li Shui sneered: "That's not the case. You just said that there is only one king in heaven and on earth."

The Confucian scholars said: "Yes."

Li Shui said: "Excuse me, who is this king?"

The Confucian scholars said: "Of course it is Your Majesty."

Li Shui kicked him out: "Your Majesty is the supreme emperor, how can it be compared to a mere king? What is your intention in calling your Majesty a king? Are you missing Xia, Shang and Zhou? Or maybe you are the Sixth Emperor?"

The remnants of the country?”

The Confucian scholars all looked pale and shook their heads: "No, no, we don't have it."

Ying Zheng glanced at Li Shui helplessly and said calmly: "That's all, these Confucian scholars must not have rebelled. Even if they do rebel, it's nothing. I can wipe them out easily, so why worry about it?"

Li Shui responded: "Your Majesty is magnanimous, and I admire you so much. I will definitely follow your Majesty's example in the future, be lenient to others, and be strict with yourself..."

Ying Zheng nodded with satisfaction.

The Confucian scholars breathed a sigh of relief and wiped the cold sweat from their heads, as if they had survived a disaster.

Then, they thought sadly in their hearts: In His Majesty's mind, don't we even have the qualifications to be rebels? They don't know whether they should be lucky or not.

Ying Zheng ignored these Confucian scholars and planned to continue to the Ten Thousand Kings Pavilion.

But he suddenly turned around and said to the Confucian scholars: "Since you have doubts about the Ten Thousand Kings Pavilion, come and have a look. Maybe you can learn something."

These Confucian scholars were obedient and followed Ying Zheng.

On the way, Ying Zheng said to Li Shui: "I am ordering people to check the accounts of Shangjun Villa. Do you already know?"

Li Shui responded and said, "I already know."

Ying Zheng said: "Do you feel uneasy? Do you feel aggrieved?"

Li Shui smiled: "Why do you feel aggrieved? Your Majesty checked the accounts of Shangjun Courtyard just to silence Feng Quili. This helps me prove my innocence. I am very grateful."

Ying Zheng nodded with satisfaction.

Li Xin thought silently beside him: I'm afraid I won't be able to catch up with Brother Huai's mouth in this life.

It didn't take long and the group of people had arrived at the Ten Thousand Kings Pavilion.

Wanwang Pavilion is adjacent to Shangjun Courtyard.

In fact, a cultural circle has been formed around Shangjun Courtyard.

There are various sideshows, various playgrounds, various theaters nearby...

In the past, this was a favorite place for people in Xianyang. Especially now that there is the Wanwang Pavilion, it is even more lively.

Now the front of Wanwang Pavilion is crowded with people, and the queue is several miles long.

However, this kind of team is for ordinary people, and the real noble passage is next to it.

Ying Zheng naturally followed the aristocratic path.

The ticket inspector saw Li Shui and Ying Zheng coming and quickly and respectfully invited them in.

The aristocratic face has long been remembered by the ticket inspector.

He knows exactly what kind of people don't need tickets, what kind of people use ordinary tickets, and what kind of people want high-priced tickets.

After Ying Zheng entered the Hall of Ten Thousand Kings, he first saw King Dongyi, King Baiyue, and other little kings.

These little kings had a good life before, but since Augustus arrived, everyone went to see Augustus, and their passenger flow has become very small.

When the passenger flow decreases, the income will decrease. When the income decreases, life will become somewhat difficult.

So these kings, besides scolding Augustus all day long, were also putting on a show.
To be continued...