"Your Majesty, please punish this humble servant!"
"Alright, alright, I already know pretty much everything that happened last night. The people from the Censorate were deceived by Han Meng, the Junior Minister of the Imperial Household, who colluded with the bandits, by falsely conveying an imperial edict, which is why they blocked your reinforcements. Han Meng was executed last night, and his family was exiled three thousand miles away. I will temporarily entrust the position of Junior Minister of the Imperial Household to Li Lin. Does anyone have any objections?"
The First Emperor abruptly changed the subject, shifting his anger to the matter of appointing Li Lin as the Minister of the Imperial Household.
This is a rapid conversion.
His Highness's ministers hadn't fully recovered from the shock yet.
Li Lin knelt down with a thud. "Your Majesty, what nonsense are you spouting? I am currently in charge of the Censorate, the Court of Justice, and all the civil and military officials. I am also busy instructing Prince Huhai and Prince Fusu, who is about to return to Xianyang, and I am also busy getting the Qin State Bank established as soon as possible. Where would I find the time to take charge of the Imperial Treasury? Your Majesty, please have mercy and spare me!"
"Minister Li, you're too modest. With your abilities, this mere position of Junior Minister of the Imperial Household is a piece of cake. Just take a moment out of your busy schedule to take a look at the Junior Minister's office. I know you're capable!"
With a wave of his hand, the First Emperor seemed to have made the matter a done deal.
At this moment, Li Lin had a bitter expression on his face.
He never expected that His Majesty had already discussed with him last night about reducing his burden and removing him from the position of Censor-in-Chief. But why did this happen at the morning court session?
Not only was the position of Imperial Censor not abolished, but a new position of Minister of the Imperial Treasury was created instead?
[Your Majesty, are you even human? You need to keep your word! Are you trying to kill me with this?]
Hmph.
I've been letting you, you little rascal, insult me in your heart all the time. If I don't give you more work to do and make you work harder, how can I be happy?
The audience immediately looked on with envy.
Especially those old hands in the Court of Justice who haven't been promoted for a long time.
He practically wished he could replace Li Lin with himself right now.
"Damn it, who would complain about having too much power these days? The position of Shaofu Ling is one of the Nine Ministers, and he is in charge of the national treasury and also oversees six major departments related to people's livelihood. The benefits in this position are really too deep!"
"Yes, just the construction division under the Imperial Household Department, where one could work for half a year, could earn more in kickbacks than we could earn in thirty years of official service outside!"
"Damn it, why does His Majesty like Prime Minister Li so much? Open your eyes and look at me! How long have I been an Imperial Censor? I've barely managed to get promoted to Inspector Censor, and it's been almost a month, and I still haven't been sent out. Prime Minister Li, on the other hand, started as Vice Censor-in-Chief, and now he's Prime Minister, Minister of the Imperial Treasury, Marquis of Guannei, and Grand Tutor. His promotion speed is truly phenomenal!"
"Mother, he doesn't want the position of Junior Steward anymore. Since you don't want it, give it to me! I'll take it!"
While others were filled with envy for Li Lin.
Li Lin, however, was in agony, his entire face twitching.
[Why is His Majesty so stubborn? He insists on making me the Minister of the Imperial Household, and once I'm in that position, does he want me to be a general, leading troops into battle, splitting me into seven people? Does he think I'm some kind of Sun Wukong who can be in multiple places at once?]
"Minister Li, I truly cannot find anyone worthy of such an important position. Looking across the entire court, it seems that none of the officials are as capable as you. Look at you, since you took over the Construction Department, in less than a month, you have already invented woodblock printing and paper. These two inventions are enough to leave a significant mark on the history books of the Qin Dynasty. Now, since becoming Prime Minister, your new policies have been implemented in a reasonable and orderly manner, and at least in the Xianyang region, they have already achieved certain results!"
"Furthermore, your discovery and successful capture of the remnants of the six kingdoms in Xianyang City, as well as your tracing of the national treasury accounts, are all great achievements. Which of my ministers has made such a great contribution? I would reward you handsomely. You can agree to this for now, and then recommend suitable talents to me later."
"Oh well!"
He wiped the sweat from his brow and reluctantly agreed to the First Emperor's request.
no way.
Even the greatest emperor in history flattered him, so what complaints could he possibly have?
Once Zhang Liang and Xiao He are in place, things will be fine. In that case, Zhang Liang will be in charge of the Imperial Household Department, Xiao He will be in charge of the Prime Minister's Office, and he himself will only need to handle the affairs of the Censorate and the state-owned banks.
After the court session ended.
The ministers all rushed over and showered him with compliments.
At this point, he was starting to wonder if his ears were about to get calluses.
After leaving the palace, to avoid being caught by the sycophants, he took a shortcut to the Court of Justice.
They hadn't even reached the gate of the Court of Justice.
Then he saw his familiar figure in the alley.
It seems to belong to Xiang Yu!
etc!
Wasn't Xiang Yu captured and imprisoned by Cheng Xin and her men last night?
What's going on?
He immediately followed after them.
We had just entered the alley.
Sudden.
A familiar figure appeared before his eyes.
He immediately realized something was wrong and hurriedly turned around, preparing to escape to the front of the Court of Justice.
But just as he turned around...
I saw that Xiang Liang was blocking the intersection.
"Prime Minister, last night, you devised a clever scheme that utterly ruined us! I trusted you so much, yet you betrayed us like this. You are truly shameless!"
"How...how did you escape from the imperial prison?"
"Hahaha, isn't it all because of your lackey Ying Ziying? We just told him that we were your servants, carrying out your plans, and he released us without even a second thought."
"What? This Ziying!"
Li Lin looked incredulous upon hearing this.
But at that moment, Xiang Yu suddenly swung a large club at his head.
In an instant, everything went black before his eyes, and then he lost consciousness...
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