"Second brother, I'm scared!"
"What are you afraid of? The ruler of Great Qin is not the four great families. No matter how strong the royal family is, or how powerful the imperial relatives are, they will be powerless against His Majesty. This Great Qin ultimately belongs to His Majesty, not to them!"
Upon hearing Li Xin's words, Li Lin was furious. He originally wanted to curse him out, but then he thought that Li Xin was his elder brother, so how could he curse him?
After all, his intentions were good.
They were just oversimplifying the problem.
No wonder that after Li Xin was defeated and returned from the state of Chu, he gradually disappeared from the historical stage, and all his life stories vanished completely.
It's as if it's been hidden away.
Now, Li Lin has every reason to believe that, according to Li Xin's idea, if he really establishes a relationship with Neishi Teng and Zongzheng Yinglin's group, and ties his interests with them, then...
This was tantamount to pushing himself from the royalist camp of the First Emperor to the ranks of meritorious officials.
What would be the cost of this?
It was the First Emperor's wrath!
He felt betrayed. After all, he wanted to give you an important position, and you were a young officer meant to keep the older officers in check. But before you could even play your role, you started associating with the older officers.
Would the First Emperor have given him an important position?
They will definitely be marginalized.
Is Li Xin really that much inferior to Zhao Tuo?
I don't think so.
"Second brother, you're right. The world belongs to Great Qin, and it belongs to His Majesty. I was wrong just now; I was so easily fooled by that Inner Historian Teng that I almost fell for his tricks!"
Li Xin suddenly realized his mistake and sincerely admitted it.
However, the way he looked at Li Lin at this moment was a little strange.
strangeness.
I've been taking care of my brother since he was born. Do you think I don't know what kind of person he is?
Despite his mediocre talent, why has His Majesty shown him such favor since the Fengshan ceremony at Mount Tai?
Is it really because of me?
But... why was he so insightful tonight, directly pointing out my confusion?
This is so different from him. What's going on? Or is he a wise man who appears foolish but is actually quite ordinary on the surface, but secretly possesses the extraordinary talent His Majesty spoke of?
Li Lin hesitated for a moment after seeing Li Xin's hesitation, then his heart skipped a beat. [Oh no, could it be that my behavior before and after was too inconsistent, and this cheap older brother has seen through me? No, I can't let him find out! What if he's a blabbermouth? Then I'll be like Copernicus or something, burned alive as a heretic!]
Just as he was about to try to salvage the situation, Li Xin returned to normal.
"Second brother, it's late, you should go to sleep. His Majesty has entrusted the Construction Bureau to you, you can't slack off!"
"Okay, brother, I'm going to sleep now!"
He was caught off guard and was about to explain, but unfortunately, he couldn't now. Li Xin wouldn't give him a chance to explain, so he simply decided not to. He would find an opportunity later to make up a myth.
Just keep this cheap older brother in line.
Early the next morning.
Li Xin sat in the Censorate reviewing memorials.
Because the First Emperor's workload was too heavy, when the memorials were first sent to the emperor, they were first entrusted to the Grand Censor, who assisted the prime minister in reviewing them.
Generally, two suggestions are written, one for the Imperial Censor and one for the Chancellor.
Then it was submitted to the First Emperor, who would decide on the final course of action.
However, even if the previous two people approved it, if the First Emperor thought it was not acceptable, it would be rejected outright.
In other words, the First Emperor had the final say.
Li Si is still in prison, so the workload of the Imperial Censor has suddenly increased.
Originally, he had an assistant, the Imperial Censor, to help him, which would have lightened his burden.
However, the position of Imperial Censor is currently unreliable.
This resulted in the unfortunate Li Xin getting up earlier than he would have to attend the morning court session, even when there was no morning court session.
He was reviewing memorials before dawn.
Midway through the journey, Neishi Teng sent someone to inquire whether Li Lin would attend the banquet that evening.
The only result is a cold refusal to go.
This surprised the envoy, who then left.
Upon receiving the news, Neishi Teng and Zongzheng Yinglin, among others, were nowhere to be seen their usual cheerful and carefree demeanor, their indifference to fame and fortune.
They were clearly a bunch of old men who had lost their temper and were cursing with righteous indignation.
But Li Lin, the person involved, didn't care at all.
At that moment, he was teaching mathematics to those ten excellent craftsmen, so he had no time to pay attention to them.
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