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Li Yuan was good at teaching. In terms of vision and knowledge, he was like an older brother, teaching Li Zheng the ups and downs of life.

With the current power of the Li family, it doesn't actually matter whether Li Zheng is the prime minister. The most important thing is that as long as Li Yuan is the King Wu of Qin, the glory of the Li family will not decline. On the contrary, if one day Li Yuan falls.

After that, even if Li Zheng became the prime minister of Qin, it would be a castle in the air and could not withstand the slightest storm.

It's not that Li Zheng didn't understand these principles of honor and loss, he was just temporarily confused by the position of the Prime Minister. If we really look into it, he and Chen Ping are really incompatible.

It's not like a life-or-death fight. Frankly speaking, Chen Ping has many of the abilities to deal with things that he, Li Zheng, does not possess.

Thinking of this, Li Zheng couldn't help but feel sad.

Once confused by beauty and power, he was filled with regrets as he spoke. From this point of view, Li Zheng was not only the same in appearance and knowledge as Li Si, but also similar in temperament to Li Si.

"The important ministers of the country are not in appearance, but in the heart. That is to say, taking the interests of the country as the foundation and doing things with the true heart. Second brother must remember this. If not, the position of prime minister will never be with you.

"Li Yuan said calmly.

Putting aside personal integrity, Li Zheng's ability in doing things has been practiced enough to be qualified for important official positions such as the censor of the Qin State, the governor of a large county, and a doctor. Now, what he needs is to accumulate experience.

Only by knowing yourself and the enemy can you fight a hundred battles without danger.

Li Zheng's confession allowed Li Yuan to quickly grasp the details of Chen Di and others' plot, and the role of everyone involved in this incident gradually became clear.

Ji An, the initiator of the corruption impeachment, was actually just a small character who was being exploited. Ji An himself had an upright temperament and could not tolerate a little grain of salt in his eyes, and his relationship with Chen Yuan was extremely poor. This nature of his fell into

In the eyes of interested people, he became the vanguard of attacking Chen Ping.

Guan Yue, the person in charge of the Du Agricultural Supervision.

He was also an old acquaintance of Li Yuan when he was in Xingyang, but this time, the role he played was not glorious, because his identity was no longer as simple as assisting Li Zheng. Behind a series of clan power planning, Guan Yue gradually

Became the new think tank of the clan forces.

Guan Yue’s family.

This is a small family in Guanzhong without much foundation. Logically speaking, he has no connection with the clan, but things are often so incredible. As Guan Yue follows Li Yuan and gradually gets promoted, his family's ambitions also increase.

began to show up, from small to large

, from shallow to profound. Those clans with long-lasting influence also accumulated step by step in the beginning, and the Guan family and the declining Chen family reached a certain tacit understanding, and the two parties decided to support each other in many aspects.

To shorten the time for each other to rise.

This alliance of mutual utilization is the eternal theme of the annexation and dissolution of various forces in Guanzhong. It lasted from the ancient pre-Qin Dynasty to the Tang and Song Dynasties. Eventually, the seven surnames of Guanzhong were formed in the Tang Dynasty, Zhong in the Song Dynasty, and Jing in the Song Dynasty.

The layout of the northwest is slightly different, and now, Guan Yue is taking such risky actions to contribute to the growth of his family.

At the same time, Guan Yue's change in mentality was also due to another reason, which was the death of Zhao Ben.

In the city of Xingyang, a thrilling past happened between Zhao Bi, Guan Yue and Chen Di. At that time, Li Yuan was just a small military prince who broke out from Daliang, while Guan Yue was already a meritorious officer in Xingyang, an important town in Sanchuan County.

, Zhao Ben was even more honored as the county guard, while Chen Di was a senior official sent by the imperial court to inspect.

Guan Yue is lucky, he seems to have chosen a good direction.

He wavered when Li Yuan first joined Li Yuan, but later, under the persuasion of Ying Yushu, Gongsun Ying and others, he chose to continue to follow Li Yuan.

After entering Guanzhong, Guan Yue showed his shrewd and capable side in the governance of Yongqi, especially in the farming of Zheng Guoqu. However, such dull days, especially after Qin became stronger, had a great impact on the ability of officials.

The strict requirements made Guan Yue feel uncomfortable.

People will change.

Humans are also fickle animals.

Guan Yue, with his smooth and flexible handling methods, stood in this era and was on the right track in the Qin State. He hoped that more young and enterprising fresh blood would join, and that the officials in office could continue to learn and keep up with the times.

As time went on, Guan Yue's thoughts couldn't keep up.

He neither wants to give up his current power nor wants to work hard to keep up with the fast pace. If he chooses one between Chen Ping and Li Zheng to be the prime minister, it will naturally be Li Zheng who is easier to fool.

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The beginning of the new year.

The political affairs of the Qin Dynasty, which were calm on the surface but turbulent in the dark, suddenly changed repeatedly. First, the Prime Minister Chen Ping reported that he had accepted bribes and corruption, and asked to be punished with a salary of three years. At the same time, he gave part of his family's wealth to the state treasury to use

As compensation. Some county governors and middle- and lower-level officials of the Chen family who were directly involved in corruption and bribery, such as Chen Yuan and others, were dismissed from their posts and sent back to their hometowns. Those who violated criminal laws were handed over to the Tingwei Mansion.

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Then, Li Zheng, the censor, made a special statement at the court meeting about what Ji An had said not long ago, and discussed some laws and regulations for officials to discuss and evaluate, focusing on remarks involving slander, malicious attacks, etc.

It stipulates the scope and prohibits officials from making evil accusations in the name of direct admonishment.

After these two incidents, the political power of the Qin State was revived. Then, a group of officials who had lagged behind in performance appraisals, such as Guan Yue, the agricultural supervisor of the capital, were dismissed from their corresponding positions and replaced by younger and more promising officials.

Guan Yue had some ideas about this at first, but after he approached King Wu Li Yuan once, he was completely silent.

In addition to these changes, one night, a group of forbidden troops entered Li Zheng's Imperial Palace, and the operation to arrest Chen Di and other clan remnants began. For these people who had repeatedly tried to subvert the existing system, Li Zheng

Yuan gave the order without hesitation and executed the matter directly.

Chen Di's body was thrown into the barren mountains deep in Lishan Mountain, waiting for him to be eaten by wild beasts in the mountains and forests. The other members of the Chen family were exiled to the border areas, where they grew their own crops.

The bitter consequences of this can now only be caused by

They have to bear it themselves, and in border counties where clan power has no place to survive, their descendants can only support themselves with their own hands. Perhaps after a few generations, they will integrate into the people in the border areas and truly become self-reliant members.

In dealing with these changes in the court, Li Yuan never officially came forward. He just secretly paid attention to the changes in the general direction, paying attention to what was beneficial to Qin and what was detrimental. When the spring of 199 BC arrived,
Chapter completed!