After capturing Chen Commandery.
Li Lin collected all the evidence that Yu Miao had colluded with traitors and funded Xiong Xin's rebellion, and then submitted it to the imperial court through the Blackwater Platform.
As for the repair work in Chen Commandery, it was handed over to Han Xin.
As for Yu Miao's family members, including Yu Miao herself, Li Lin did not kill them. Firstly, to avoid trouble similar to what happened with Han Xin last time, and secondly, because they still had value to him.
He currently has three thousand men at his disposal, as well as some scattered gunpowder preparations.
He secretly took these out of Xianyang.
Therefore, the quantity is not large.
This meant he couldn't choose to take the initiative and could only choose to defend passively, and Yu Miao was the key to breaking the deadlock.
Xianyang City.
Winter has fully arrived.
The air was bitterly cold.
Snowflakes were already falling on the streets.
In the Prime Minister's residence, Manyin was practicing calligraphy in the study, while also looking at the note left by Li Lin before he left.
She remembered the date clearly.
"My husband instructed me that if it snows for the first time after he leaves Xianyang, I should open the first note. But there seems to be no sign of snow outside. Two months have passed. I wonder how my husband is doing at the front?"
"Princess, Princess, it's snowing outside!"
"It's snowing? Really?"
She was overjoyed and quickly opened the window wide.
Sure enough, it started snowing heavily.
"Princess, what's wrong? Why are you so happy?"
"Oh, just leave it alone!"
Her face flushed bright red instantly, and she quickly put down her pen and opened the first note on the table.
The words Li Lin wrote in a hurry are left on it.
“Manyin, by the time you open this note, your husband will likely have already arrived in Chu. I imagine there are many treacherous officials within the court who have slandered me before His Majesty. What you need to do now is use the gunpowder from the Construction Bureau to create a massive explosion, drawing their attention elsewhere. Tell Mo Zhiyuan this…”
After closing the note.
She let out a long sigh of relief. "My husband is indeed a prophet. Now, my brother Fusu has been misled by those people and is criticizing your new policies. If it weren't for Father's wisdom, most of the new policies would probably have been abolished by now."
She paused, then looked out at the heavy snow and said to the servants outside the door, "Someone, prepare the sedan chair, we're going to the Construction Bureau!"
"promise!"
The Imperial Palace.
Fusu was trying to persuade his stubborn father to abolish Li Lin's new policies, but his father seemed to be under Li Lin's spell, and no matter how much he pleaded and begged him over the past two months, he wouldn't listen.
They simply refused to accept his suggestion to abolish so many unreasonable regulations in the new policy.
He let out a long sigh.
He walked out of the palace.
He walked straight to his own house.
"Young master, young master, how is it? Has His Majesty agreed to abolish the new law?"
"Never!"
"Ugh, it's happening again!"
"It's been over two months already, why won't His Majesty change his mind!"
"Yes, yes, if he wants to use Legalism, then let him use it. This time, even we Confucianists are no longer against Legalism, so why does His Majesty still disagree?"
At this moment, the elder sitting at the table hurriedly stood up. "Gentlemen, gentlemen, stop arguing. Your complaints are useless. His Majesty's attitude is biased towards that scoundrel Li Lin. We must find a way to make His Majesty dislike Li Lin, or even make His Majesty feel disgusted by him. Otherwise, no matter what we say, His Majesty will not listen!"
"Mr. Fu is right!"
Fusu hurriedly cupped his hands in greeting to the elder.
"You're too kind, young master!"
The older man didn't appear to be much older than the other elderly people present.
But his reputation is far greater than theirs.
When the prefecture-county system was implemented in the past, it was he who, through his own efforts, persuaded the First Emperor to adopt Li Si's method of burning books.
That's right, it's him, the legendary Fu Sheng.
Because after being suppressed by the First Emperor, his prestige among Confucian disciples not only did not decline, but instead rose to an unprecedented height.
At this moment, Fusu treated him with great respect.
Perhaps that's why.
"Originally, I was unwilling to leave the mountains and would rather live in seclusion in the countryside. However, that sorcerer Li Lin has slandered the virtues of our Confucian sages for no reason, and insulted Confucius with the heretical teachings of Mozi. This is intolerable to me. I suppose everyone gathered here today feels the same way?"
"Indeed, that Li Lin is far too arrogant!"
"A mere child, relying on His Majesty's favor, dares to disregard the facts, distort the truth, and practice his sorcery. If this continues, Great Qin will be doomed sooner or later!"
"Gentlemen, gentlemen, please calm down, please calm down. Listen to me. Fusu believes that Li Lin's laws are not entirely without merit. We cannot condemn all people based on one example. The main problem with his new laws is that they are too radical."
Although Fusu was laughing and joking with this group of Confucian disciples, it doesn't mean he wasn't a brainless person.
They won't be unable to distinguish right from wrong.
The aspect of the new law that he criticized was its radicalism.
As for other aspects, he felt they were all pretty good.
"Oh dear, young master, you're being foolish! If we don't thoroughly oppose Li Lin, it will be very difficult for His Majesty to remove him from his position as prime minister. We must oppose him completely, otherwise he will only grow stronger. As for whether this is a good or bad thing, that's a matter for after he's removed from his position as prime minister!"
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