Qin Shi: I only work eight hours

Chapter 89: The Thought of a Kind Heart

More than an hour later.

After lunch, Xu Lin did not take a nap, but took Li Si to Zhangtai Palace.

Li Si has been in Xianyang for so long, it's time to introduce Li Si to Ying Zheng.

Soon, Xu Lin met Ying Zheng.

"Mr. Xu, long time no see!"

"Why do you have time to come here today?"

"Who is this?"

Ying Zheng said loudly.

After he finished speaking, he looked at Li Si, who was wearing a blue robe.

"His name is Li Si, and he is a disciple of the great Confucian scholar Xunzi."

"I have come today to recommend this man to the king."

Xu Lin introduced.

"Meet the King of Qin!"

Upon hearing this, Li Si immediately turned towards Ying Zheng and bowed.

"No gift."

Ying Zheng waved his hand.

Then he dismissed his attendants and asked Xu Lin and Li Si to sit down and talk.

Li Si was shocked when he saw this and immediately waved his hand to refuse, saying that he was just a commoner and had no right to sit with the King of Qin.
Xu Linyi waved his hand to refuse. He hadn't had his lunch break yet. He just needed to bring the person to Ying Zheng. As for whether Ying Zheng would use Li Si or not, that was Ying Zheng's business!

"If you have something to do, sir, I won't keep you here."

Ying Zheng saw Xu Lin wanted to leave and spoke.

Xu Lin nodded, turned and left Zhangtai Palace.

"Who are you?"

After Xu Lin walked away, Ying Zheng restrained his smile and asked with a stern face.

He only smiles in front of Xu Lin.

"I am from Shangcai, Chu State, and I once served as a minor official in Chu."

Li Si answered respectfully.

"Chu people?"

Ying Zheng frowned slightly.

The Queen Mother Huayang, Lord Yangquan, Lord Changping, and Lord Changwen were all from Chu. Now that Lu Buwei was dead, he wanted to seize power. The next step he had to deal with was the Chu faction in the court!

"Since you are from Chu, why did you come to Qin?"

"The State of Chu also has a vast territory and a million soldiers."

After a brief pause, Ying Zheng asked seriously.

Because Li Si was a Chu person, he was very wary of Li Si.

If Li Si had not been recommended by Xu Lin, he would have suspected whether Li Si was a member of Huayang Palace!

"I am very disappointed with the State of Chu."

"Chu is a vast state with a million soldiers under its command, but it is weak and cannot compare with Qin."

Li Si explained in a deep voice.

"Oh?"

"How can the Chu State be so strong on the outside but weak on the inside?"

Ying Zheng's eyes lit up and he immediately became interested.

"I think the Chu State is now like a giant that is terminally ill."

"The monarch rejected innovation, the powerful were corrupt and licentious, they excluded dissidents and closed the channels for speech."

"If there were no Qin, Chu might have been able to linger for a few more decades, but with Qin, Chu would be destroyed in ten years at most!"

Li Si said passionately.

"Is that why you abandoned Chu and joined Qin?"

Ying Zheng asked.

"Yes!"

Li Si nodded vigorously.

"Do you think that the Great Qin can unify the world?"

Ying Zheng asked.

"Of course!"

"With the King, Mr. Xu, General Meng, and others, within ten years at most, the six states of Shandong will become counties under the Qin Empire."

Li Si said without hesitation.

When Ying Zheng saw that Li Si did not seem to be lying, he confirmed that Li Si had nothing to do with Huayang Palace.

Huayang Palace was hesitant about the attack on Chu. If Li Si was from Huayang Palace, would he curse Chu like this?
What Li Si said just now did not sound like acting, but more like it came from the heart!
"How do you think the Great Qin will unify the world?"

Thinking of this, Ying Zheng asked seriously.

"I believe that to resist foreign aggression, we must first stabilize the country."

Li Si answered.

Ying Zheng nodded and let Li Si continue.

"Now that Lü Buwei is dead, I believe the only remaining internal threat is..."

Li Si looked at Gai Nie and Zhao Gao, seeming to want to say something but stopping himself.

"It doesn't matter."

"Just say it directly." Ying Zheng waved his sleeves.

"Yes!"

"I believe that the only remaining hidden danger within the Qin Dynasty is Huayang Palace."

"And I think Huayang Palace will be more difficult to deal with than Lu Buwei!"

Li Si added.

"You are a Chu person, but you know quite well about the various forces within my Great Qin!"

Ying Zheng said.

His face was calm, making it impossible to guess whether he was happy or angry at the moment.

Seeing this, Zhao Gao immediately stepped forward and personally poured a cup of tea for Ying Zheng.

Gai Nie walked slowly towards the bamboo window.

The next thing we are going to talk about is the Qin Dynasty's eastward expansion. Be careful because there may be ears on the other side of the wall!
"I have been in Qin for several days."

"Some of the news I heard from Master Xun and the other brothers before I came here, some from Mr. Xu, and some from the guests at the various taverns and inns in Xianyang."

Li Si hurriedly explained.

Serving the emperor is like serving a tiger. This was his first time meeting Ying Zheng, and the first impression was very important. If he said the wrong thing, he would never be able to achieve a high position in the Qin State!

After hearing the words "Mr. Xu", Ying Zheng's attitude softened a little.

He was just thinking about what Li Si said and almost forgot that Li Si was recommended by Xu Lin. It was all because Xu Lin left too quickly. This gave him an illusion that Li Si had nothing to do with Xu Lin!
"Mr. Xu also thinks Huayang Palace is a serious threat?"

After thinking for a moment, Ying Zheng asked.

"Mr. Xu didn't say it clearly."

Li Si shook his head.

He was not lying to Ying Zheng. When he was chatting with Xu Lin a few days ago, Xu Lin did say that Huayang Palace would agree to attack Chu?

Upon hearing this, Ying Zheng nodded thoughtfully.

……

After a stick of incense.

After listening to Li Si's advice on how to march eastward to unify the world, Ying Zheng promoted Li Si to the position of Chief Secretary.

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

Li Si was overjoyed when he heard this and bowed to express his gratitude.

Then he bowed and retreated.

After Li Si walked away, Meng Yi came to Ying Zheng.

"What did Mr. Xu do with those 10,000 medical books?"

Ying Zheng looked at Meng Yi and asked curiously.

"Mr. Xu gave it away for free to doctors and people who wanted to learn medicine everywhere."

Meng Yi told the truth.

"free?"

Ying Zheng's pupils trembled slightly.

Didn’t Xu Lin say before that money is like beauty, the more the better?
How to give away books for free?

"Correct."

"To be precise, it's not Mr. Xu, but Mr. Nian Duan."

Meng Yi explained.

After he finished speaking, he told Ying Zheng truthfully what had happened a few hours ago.

After hearing this, Ying Zheng was very pleased and looked at Nian Duan's family.

Xu Lin is a very discerning guy, and Nian Duan is worthy of being the woman that Xu Lin likes!

"Giving away free of charge ten thousand copies of annotated medical books to doctors and those who want to learn medicine everywhere is a great achievement."

"Well, reward her with five hundred, no, one thousand gold!"

Ying Zheng said seriously.

"promise!"

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty!"

Meng Yi immediately accepted the order.

Then he took a thousand gold coins and went to Nian Duan's house.

When Meng Yi arrived at Nian Duan's house, the setting sun looked like blood.

After stating his purpose, Meng Yi left the money and then left Nian Duan's house without saying a word.

Since Nian Duan is the woman Xu Lin likes, he can't waste time talking. What if Xu Lin misunderstands him if he says too much?
"The King of Qin is truly generous!"

"Rong'er, how much do you think this house costs?"

After Meng Yi walked away, Nian Duan looked at the little loli Duan Murong and asked.

She wanted to return the money for this house to Xu Lin.

She doesn't want to take advantage of Xu Lin!

"It shouldn't cost five hundred gold."

"But I don't recommend that you give Mr. Xu money, Master."

Little Loli Duanmu Rong answered while thinking.

"Why?"

Wearing a milky white long dress, the kind-hearted Nian Duan looked puzzled.

(End of this chapter)