Chapter 70

Ying Su waved his hand to cut him off.

"It's fine! I understand you!"

He smiled; Li Si could not do this thing, and he could understand that!

This had little to do with loyalty or disloyalty!

The main issue was that behind Li Si himself stood so many nobles.

If he truly tried to carry out reforms, he wouldn't need others; the very group behind him would likely be the first to tolerate him no more!

Besides that, Li Si was also selling paper; if this matter went ahead, how could Li Si continue to sell his paper?

This directly affected his own money bag!

Merely for the sake of this money bag, Ying Su could not possibly let Li Si handle this matter!

Ying Su made all of this clear.

Upon hearing these words, Li Si immediately burst into tears, kowtowing fiercely before Ying Su: "Your Majesty, thank you, Your Majesty, for understanding!"

"Please rest assured, Your Majesty; even if I cannot undertake this matter, I will absolutely not allow those behind me to cause trouble regarding it!"

He shouted, kowtowing!

Ying Su nodded with satisfaction!

This Li Si was indeed sensible!

But sensible as he was, who should be tasked with this matter?

Ying Su's gaze had just shifted toward Zhang Liang!

Yet at that moment, Xiao He stepped forward, bowing before Ying Su: "Your Majesty, this subject is willing to undertake this matter!"

He spoke these words!

The moment these words left his mouth, Ying Su was startled.

Xiao He... he was actually willing to do this?

For a moment, he couldn't help but look curiously at Xiao He: "Aren't you afraid of offending people?"

Xiao He bowed and said: "In order to make Xiao He the Grain and Millet Administrator, Your Majesty the Emperor was willing to offend the entire court of civil and military officials; for Xiao He to serve Your Majesty is only right and proper!"

"This subject... shall surely sacrifice my very liver and brain!"

After these words were spoken, Ying Su couldn't help but look at Xiao He with admiration.

This Xiao He truly had courage!

However... he had no intention of letting Xiao He handle this matter.

It wasn't that Xiao He lacked ability, but rather... he couldn't bear to task Xiao He with such an offense-causing duty!

One must remember, he was the Grain and Millet Administrator, in charge of Qian Liang and the population!

Given his position, he had to deal with countless people; if he offended everyone over this matter, how could he remain in the court afterward?

Therefore, whether Li Si or Xiao He, neither of them could handle this matter!

And the only person suitable to handle this matter...

Ying Su looked toward Zhang Liang:

"Mr. Zifang, you were originally a wanted fugitive of our Great Qin!"

"Reputation and the like shouldn't matter much to you, should they?"

"Lenient penal laws and the poll tax merged into the land tax—I'll leave this matter to you; how about that?"

"After all, Li Si and Xiao He are both officials in the court; only you are a commoner!"

He spoke, smiling as he looked at Zhang Liang!

Upon hearing these words, Zhang Liang panicked on the spot:

"Me?"

He was shocked, his scalp tingling!

Seeing Zhang Liang's expression, Li Si laughed outright on the spot:

"What? You spoke so boldly just now, but now that it's your turn, you can't do it? If you have the ability, stop talking theory on paper and step up directly; let's see whether your lenient penal laws and merging the poll tax into the land tax can actually be accomplished!"

Li Si's smile was thick; at this moment, he only wanted to see Zhang Liang make a fool of himself!

Zhang Liang could naturally discern Li Si's intent; in that instant, fury surged in his chest, but after a moment's thought, he still bowed before Ying Su:

"Your Majesty, this subject... is not suitable!"

"Hmm?"

Ying Su frowned!

Zhang Liang said: "It is not that this subject is unwilling to serve Your Majesty the Emperor with loyalty, nor is it that this subject fears offending people!"

"It is simply that this subject has no experience in office, no status, and thirdly, is a key wanted criminal pursued by Emperor Shihuang; assigning this subject to handle this matter and govern a region risks first disappointing Your Majesty and second bringing trouble upon Your Majesty!"

"After all, this subject once attempted to assassinate Emperor Shihuang; if the world learns that the new Emperor employs such a wanted criminal so heavily, how will the people of the world curse Your Majesty?"

"Therefore, this subject is not suitable!"

"Oh!"

Ying Su nodded, saying nothing!

What nonsense about lacking official experience, lacking status, or being a wanted fugitive!

In Ying Su's view, these were all excuses!

To put it bluntly, it was simply unwillingness to pledge loyalty!

Ying Su was very angry about this, yet what Zhang Liang said was not entirely without reason!

He had attempted to assassinate Emperor Shihuang and was a key criminal!

In Great Qin, this was punishable by death without fail!

Moreover, they were not included in the general amnesty.

For him now, merely showing his face was risky!

If he were made an official, it would truly be...

Ying Su frowned!

But the problem was, where could he find people?

Without people, how could anything be done?

Ying Su frowned!

But no matter what, he ultimately struck the thought of finding people from his mind!

Setting aside whether he could find suitable people.

Ying Su was also too lazy to bother with that effort!

The key was, in this era, when it came to fierce generals skilled in warfare, there were many!

Xiang Yu, Han Xin, Wang Jian!

They were all fierce men!

But when it came to fierce men with outstanding political skills, besides Li Si, Zhang Liang, and Xiao He, there were hardly any others who ranked!

And these people had now all been gathered by him!

So what to do?

What could be done?

He could only bring out the System!

And mentioning the System, Ying Su couldn't help but sigh!

Originally, he planned to save up a hundred thousand points to directly summon an SSS-rank fierce man!

But now it seemed he couldn't wait.

If he continued to wait, public resentment would accumulate deeper and deeper, and who knew on what day news of rebellion might arrive.

And speaking of points, Ying Su couldn't help but feel happy!

How many points did he have now?

Hmm... neither more nor less, exactly fifty thousand!

Exactly fifty thousand?

How could there be so many?

Hehe!

Besides the points from daily governance and the points for recruiting Li Si, Han Xin, and Xiao He.

The biggest chunk actually came from two things!