Chapter 54

"Promoting paper nationwide, Your Majesty is right, coincidentally, the new Emperor also plans to do so!"

"In the new Emperor's plan, this high-priced paper will be sold for at most three years!"

"After three years, when the amnesty for the world ends, paper will be vigorously promoted, and everyone in the world will have paper to use!"

"And before that, the new Emperor needs to use paper to make money, and use the money earned from paper to cultivate the army and maintain the operation of the country!"

"May I ask Your Majesty, is there anything wrong with this?"

"You..."

Ying Zheng was angry!

His gaze was cold: "Are you, Li Si, speaking for that rebellious son?"

Li Si said: "I just said a fair word!"

"A fair word? Is a fair word what you say like this?"

Ying Zheng was furious!

Li Si bowed and said:

"In all fairness, the new Emperor has not done anything wrong in the month he has been on the throne!"

"Even the amnesty for the world that the First Emperor criticized is not wrong!"

"I remember that when the new Emperor first ascended the throne, because the new Emperor had no money in his hands, he once asked Your Majesty for money, hoping that Your Majesty could take out the money from the inner palace and lend it to him!"

"But Your Majesty did not allow it!"

"You were not willing to give the new Emperor even a single coin!"

"Forcing the new Emperor to have to make money by selling paper to maintain the operation of the country!"

"This is not wrong, but a very effective method!"

"Back to the amnesty for the world, the new Emperor is an Emperor who rebelled and ascended the throne!"

"In the early stage of his reign, he faced various people who were not convinced; he pardoned the world to gather hearts, is that wrong?"

"In Li Si's view, this is not wrong, but a very brilliant method!"

"At least, right now, as the amnesty for the world spreads throughout the Great Qin, all the common people are calling the new Emperor's name!"

"In the imperial court, not everyone is against Your Majesty; there are also many people who are willing to work for the new Emperor!"

"If everyone were against the new Emperor, my Great Qin would have been in chaos long ago!"

"And all this is the merit of the amnesty for the world, and it is precisely because of the amnesty for the world that the hearts of my Great Qin can be gathered!"

"Killing people at random?"

"As far as Li Si knows, except for Chunyu Yue, as far as the current situation is concerned, Your Majesty has not killed a single person indiscriminately!"

"And even if he killed Chunyu Yue, it was to maintain the county system that Your Majesty insists on. Could it be... that maintaining the unification of the world and maintaining the county system is also wrong?"

"And appointing people by favoritism, Your Majesty is talking about Xiao He, right!"

"As far as Li Si knows, Xiao He has no relationship with the new Emperor!"

"The reason he invited Xiao He over was entirely because he heard of Xiao He's reputation!"

"But if you have to call this appointing people by favoritism, there is nothing to say!"

"However... even if it is appointing people by favoritism, so what? In terms of ability alone, Xiao He is a hundred times, a thousand times, or even ten thousand times stronger than the so-called Sima Yan!"

At that moment, Li Si bowed respectfully to Ying Zheng!

And Ying Zheng's gaze was cold!

Cold to the extreme!

After a long time, he said coldly to Li Si:

"Li Si, do you know what the consequences of you speaking like this are?"

Li Si trembled and said: "Your Majesty will rebel, and after the rebellion succeeds, you will kill my whole family!"

Ying Zheng's gaze was cold: "Are you not afraid?"

Li Si trembled: "Afraid!"

Ying Zheng said angrily: "Afraid and still dare to be like this?"

Li Si sighed: "The reason I dare to be like this is because I know that even if I am afraid, it is useless!"

"Will the First Emperor choose not to rebel because Li Si is afraid?"

"Will the First Emperor not kill Li Si because Li Si is afraid?"

"Fear is useless!"

Li Si bowed!

Ying Zheng said:

"I will give you a chance, as long as you tell me the method of papermaking, and from now on draw a clear line with the rebellious son, I will not kill you!"

"When I take back the throne, you will still be the Left Prime Minister of my Great Qin!"

Li Si said: "Your Majesty, although I like flattery and please the Emperor again and again!"

"But I am not a fickle person. Since I have identified a path, I can only walk it to the end!"

"Yesterday loyal to the First Emperor, today loyal to the new Emperor, tomorrow loyal to the First Emperor again, being so fickle, let alone others, even I look down on myself!"

He spoke out.

And when this sentence was spoken, Ying Zheng was angry: "What do you mean?"

"Are you implying that I am fickle? I just passed the throne to the rebellious son last month, and this month I am thinking of rebelling to take back the throne?"

He was infinitely angry!

Li Si bowed in a panic:

"I have no such intention, but if the First Emperor really chooses to rebel, it is inevitable that the people of the world will not think so!"

Ying Zheng was angry!

"The people of the world think so?"

"The people of the world don't know about what happened a month ago, but you, Li Si, don't you know?"

"The rebellious son, relying on Li Li Yuanba, killed fifty thousand of my Great Qin's garrison in one breath, and he forced me to abdicate with force!"

"Now, what is wrong with me taking back the throne?"

Ying Zheng was infinitely angry!

Li Si panicked and began to bow:

"Your Majesty is not wrong, but... this will drain my Great Qin's national power!"

"One must know, the new Emperor now has fifty thousand troops, and is still constantly expanding. If Your Majesty insists on overthrowing the new Emperor and taking back the throne, how many people will die!"

Li Si bowed in a panic.

And when these words were spoken, Ying Zheng exploded again!

"Drain national power?"

"When the rebellious son rebelled, did he ever think about draining national power?"

"When the rebellious son forced me to abdicate and killed fifty thousand of my Great Qin's garrison, did he ever think about draining national power?"

"Why? The rebellious son can rebel against me, but I cannot rebel against the rebellious son?"

At that moment, Ying Zheng was extremely angry!

And Li Si was trembling constantly!

At this moment, he kept opening his mouth, wanting to say something!

However, Ying Zheng didn't give him a chance, waved his hand at him and said:

"No need to say more! Get out, I won't kill you now! After I take back the throne, I want you to see for yourself how stupid your choice is!"

"Also, go back and tell the rebellious son that I will take back this throne sooner or later!"

"Get out!"

He shouted, and had people throw Li Si out directly!

And after Li Si was thrown out!

Ying Zheng called Zhao Gao directly:

"Issue an edict!"

"Let all the people of the Yin-Yang School move out, specifically to deal with Li Li Yuanba for me!"

"Also, let Wang Ben and Meng Tian prepare, I want to use twenty thousand troops to take back the throne!"

"Even if it causes a bloodbath, I will eliminate the treacherous officials and take back the throne that belongs to me!"

— Author's Notes —

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