Chapter 59

"Promoting paper nationwide, Your Majesty, you spoke correctly; coincidentally, the New Emperor had the very same plan!"

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

"After three years, once the Great Pardon of the World concludes, paper will be vigorously promoted, ensuring everyone under heaven has paper to use!"

"And before that, the New Emperor needs to earn money through paper, and the money earned from paper will train the army and maintain the state's operation!"

"May I ask, Emperor, is there any fault in this?"

"You..."

Seeing Ying Zheng was furious!

His gaze was ice-cold: "Li Si, are you speaking on behalf of that rebellious son?"

Li Si said: "This subject merely spoke a word of justice!"

"Justice? Is this how you speak of justice?"

Seeing Ying Zheng erupted in rage!

Li Si bowed down and said:

"Speaking honestly, in the month and more the New Emperor has reigned, he has not made a single mistake in any matter!"

"Even the Great Pardon of the World, which Seeing Ying Zheng criticized, was not wrong!"

"I still remember, when the New Emperor first ascended the throne, because the New Emperor had no money in hand, he once hoped to ask the Emperor to speak, hoping the Emperor would lend him money from the Inner Treasury!"

"But the Emperor did not allow it!"

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

"Forcing the New Emperor to earn money by selling paper to maintain the state's operation!"

"This is not a mistake, but a very effective measure!"

"Returning to the Great Pardon of the World, the New Emperor is an Emperor who ascended through rebellion succeeded!"

"In the early days of his reign, facing various hearts unwilling to submit, he used the Great Pardon of the World to gather hearts; is there any fault in this?"

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

"At least, right now, as the Great Pardon of the World spreads throughout the entire Great Qin, all the common people are shouting the New Emperor's name!"

"In the court, not everyone opposes Your Majesty; there are many who are willing to serve the New Emperor!"

"If everyone opposed the New Emperor, then our Great Qin would have fallen into chaos long ago!"

"And all of this is the merit of the Great Pardon of the World; it is precisely because of the Great Pardon of the World that the hearts of our Great Qin people can be gathered!"

"Killing people indiscriminately?"

"From what Li Si has learned so far, except for Kill Chunyu Yue, the Emperor has not killed a single person indiscriminately!"

"And even killing Kill Chunyu Yue was to maintain the Junxian system that Your Majesty insists upon; could it be... that maintaining the unity of the world and maintaining the Junxian system is also a mistake?"

"And regarding appointing relatives to office, Your Majesty is speaking of Kill Xiao He, right!"

"From what Li Si knows, Kill Xiao He has no relationship whatsoever with the New Emperor!"

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

"But if one insists on calling this appointing relatives to office, there is nothing good to say!"

"But... even if it is appointing relatives to office, so what? Judging purely by ability, Kill Xiao He is a hundred times, a thousand times, even ten thousand times stronger than the so-called Sima Yan!"

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

And Seeing Ying Zheng's gaze was cold and grim!

Cold to the extreme!

After a long while, he spoke to Li Si with icy coldness:

"Li Si, do you know what the consequence of speaking like this is?"

Li Si trembled and said: "The Your Majesty Society will rebel, and after the rebellion succeeded, they will kill Li Si's entire family!"

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

Li Si trembled: "Afraid!"

Seeing Ying Zheng roared: "If you are afraid, how dare you do this?"

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

"Will Seeing Ying Zheng choose not to rebel just because Li Si is afraid?"

"Will Seeing Ying Zheng choose not to kill Li Si just because Li Si is afraid?"

"Fear is useless!"

Li Si bowed!

Seeing Ying Zheng said:

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

"When I regain the throne, you will still be the Left Chancellor of our Great Qin!"

Li Si said: "Your Majesty, although this subject likes flattery and has repeatedly sought to please the Emperor!"

"But this subject is not an inconsistent person; once a path is chosen, one can only walk that path into darkness!"

"Loyal to Seeing Ying Zheng yesterday, loyal to the New Emperor today, and loyal to Seeing Ying Zheng again tomorrow; such inconsistency, let alone others, even Li Si himself would look down on himself!"

He spoke these words.

And the moment these words left his mouth, Seeing Ying Zheng was furious: "What do you mean?"

"Are you implying that I am inconsistent? Just last month I passed the throne to the rebellious son, and this month I am thinking of rebelling to regain the throne?"

His anger was boundless!

Li Si hurriedly bowed:

"This subject absolutely does not mean this, but if Seeing Ying Zheng truly chooses to rebel, it is inevitable that people under heaven will think this!"

Ying Zheng was furious!

"Do people under heaven think this way?"

"People under heaven do not know what happened a month ago, but you, Li Si, do you not know?"

"That rebellious son, relying on Li Yuanba, killed fifty thousand of my Great Qin garrison troops in one breath; he forced me to abdicate by sheer force!"

"Now, I wish to reclaim the imperial throne once more; what fault is there in that?"

Ying Zheng's anger knew no bounds!

Li Si panicked and began to kowtow:

"Your Majesty is not at fault, but... doing so will drain the strength of our Great Qin!"

"You must know that the new Emperor already has fifty thousand troops, and they are still expanding; if Your Majesty insists on overthrowing the new Emperor to reclaim the throne, how many people will die!"

Li Si kowtowed frantically.

And the moment those words left his mouth, Ying Zheng exploded again!

"Drain the strength of the state?"

"When that rebellious son rebelled, did he ever think about draining the strength of the state?"

"When that rebellious son forced me to abdicate and killed fifty thousand of my Great Qin garrison troops, did he ever think about draining the strength of the state?"

"What? That rebellious son can rebel against me, but I cannot rebel against that rebellious son?"

In that moment, Ying Zheng was infinitely furious!

And Li Si, meanwhile, trembled uncontrollably!

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

But Ying Zheng gave him no chance, directly waving his hand at him and saying:

"No need to speak! Get out; I will not kill you now! After I reclaim the imperial throne, I will make you see for yourself how foolish your choice was!"

"Also, go back and tell that rebellious son: this imperial throne, I will reclaim it sooner or later!"

"Get out!"

He shouted and directly ordered people to throw Li Si out!

And after Li Si was thrown out!

Ying Zheng directly summoned Zhao Gao:

"Issue the decree!"

"Order the entire Yin-Yang School to mobilize, specifically to deal with Li Yuanba for me!"

"Also, have Wang Ben and General Meng Tian prepare; I will use two hundred thousand troops to reclaim the imperial throne!"

"Even if we must kill until the rivers run red with blood, I will eradicate the treacherous villains and reclaim the imperial throne that belongs to me!"

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