The Emperor of Qin gave six handsome men

Chapter 29: Going with the flow

She understood the catfish effect. To be honest, she was not used to the feeling of being used by others and even hated it. Could she be more sincere and less cunning?

The First Emperor stepped down from the stage, approached her step by step, looked into her eyes and said.

"You are very smart and you know what I want, but sometimes being too smart is a bad thing. Just do what you should do."

There was so much threat in his words that Qin Xingfu felt like he was being stared at by a wild beast. His back felt cold and his heartbeat quickened, but he still looked at him stubbornly.

"If your majesty doesn't like me interfering too much, then I will leave after the autumn harvest this year. I want to see if I can find the way home."

It was just a threat. She was alone, so why should she care?

The First Emperor walked away with a dark face and swung his sleeves. He was so angry. This girl, I was so indulgent to her, but I couldn't even say a few words to her. She said she would quit every other day.

When he went out and saw Hu Hai's appearance, he slapped him in the face.

"What a disgrace! All of you are following suit and making trouble. You should be locked up for three months."

Hu Hai felt extremely aggrieved, and tears instantly covered his little face.

"Father asked us to study with Lady Qin. We all followed her instructions. If you want to punish her, punish her. What's the big deal about hitting me?"

"I can beat you if I want to. You are my son, so can't I beat you?"

Hu Hai had no choice but to lower his head and kneel down to speak.

"Father, I was wrong. Go ahead and hit me if you want!"

I have never been beaten since I was a child. If my father is in a bad mood, let him beat me.

Seeing him like that, the First Emperor felt it difficult to continue fighting for a while and had to return to the harem.

When Qin Xingfu came out, he saw that everyone else was trembling with fear, their faces pale.

"Okay, it's okay, everyone get up and go back!"

Qin Xingfu pulled them up one by one, and when he saw someone was frightened to the point of peeing, he shook his head and said.

"You are so timid. You see, your Majesty is also a human being, with two eyes and a mouth just like us. Hurry up and get up. I'm here to protect you. Don't be afraid!"

Everyone was so frightened that they didn't hear what she said at all. They could only follow her stupidly until everyone in the school came to their senses.

"Hey, come back to your senses! Do you want to eat?"

Yue Xin thought he was dead, but when she called him back to his senses and he saw that he was back, he gasped.

"I was so frightened, sir, I thought we were going to die."

Lingjuan and the others also recovered and started crying, then everyone started crying. Qin Xingfu shook his head. They were all so timid.

"Wanda, I'm hungry!"

She went to the cafeteria to eat by herself, and the others followed her closely for fear of being caught again. When they smelled the fragrance of the food, their stomachs began to growl. Then they suddenly realized that they had not eaten much all day, and why was there a strange smell in the food.

"You who wet your pants, go back and change your clothes before eating, it will affect your appetite!"

Qin Xingfu yelled, and everyone looked at their crotches quickly, then ran to change clothes with red faces.

After Qin Xingfu finished his meal, everyone else came back to get some food. After they were full, they looked at each other and smiled at the same time.

"Look at you guys, you have no future."

After Qin Xingfu finished speaking, he walked out with his hands behind his back, but the corners of his mouth couldn't help but rise.

When Li Si received the news that His Majesty did not blame Qin Xingfu, he felt very uneasy, so he let Zhang Liang in.

With her cooperation with Jin Xianju, the rumor spread to every place in Daqin in a short time. Everyone knew that rumors were not credible. When someone was said to be spreading rumors, many people's first reaction was that it was fake and they wanted to make a fool of them.

His Majesty did not stop Qin Xingfu from doing this, so she just did her own thing with peace of mind. Occasionally, she would let her students experience life in the market, tell stories to the common people, teach them to read, and take them to the fields to help harvest corn and plant potatoes and sweet potatoes.

The main focus is to combine theory with practice, and to make education fun. Children of this age are particularly curious, and their ability to accept and digest knowledge is also very fast.

Time flew by quietly during this time. During this period, seeing that the people in the school changed day by day, many people came to Qin Xingfu to ask him to open another school. Qin Xingfu didn't want to agree at first, but considering the people in the mansion and the resources he could mobilize, he nodded in agreement. He originally just wanted to build a similar one, but it turned out that the wealthy businessmen and clan members of the Qin Dynasty actively contributed money to build the school together.

The land within a ten-mile radius of the princess's mansion was bought up, which alarmed the First Emperor, so he ordered the establishment of a school district. Qin Xingfu quickly marked out a piece of land, drew a blueprint, and handed it over to the Mohist people to work on it.

The days passed in full swing and peace, but at night in Xianyang City, undercurrents began to surge. National tax revenues also increased, and at the end of October, Qin Xingfu had to spend several days to do some statistics.

"Ying Gu, come here, these are the rewards given to the ministers this year, take a look and see if there is anything inappropriate?"

Ying Gu looked around and found that Qin Xingfu rarely took care of things and only came occasionally. Most of the time, he was the one who handled the matter. Seeing that each family had 300 kilograms of potatoes and sweet potatoes exchanged for silver, Ying Gu was very happy.

"My Lord, this method is good, but we still need to show it to His Majesty."

"Well, show it to His Majesty tomorrow, Ying Gu. You should take more responsibility for these things in the future. Don't take everything on yourself. You should learn how to use people and enjoy your leisure time."

Qin Xingfu decided to quit her job after making the report. She really didn't like farming every day and taking care of these trivial matters. If possible, she would like to run around looking for mineral resources. She had so many ideas, and the more she thought about it, the more she couldn't stand it.

Ying Gu thought she was concerned about his health and thanked her quickly.

"Thank you for your concern, sir!"

"And you too, please take care of yourselves!"

Qin Xingfu also told others about this. Wang Han and others felt it was strange, but she was like this usually, so they had to thank her for her concern.

Qin Xingfu returned home and started writing his resignation.

"I, Qin Xingfu, have been blessed by Your Majesty to serve as the Minister of Grain. This year, the grain, population, and tax revenue have increased three times compared to last year. I think my achievements are barely enough and do not need any reward. However, I am a free-spirited person by nature and do not like to calculate. The court is like a cage to me. I hope Your Majesty can allow me to travel around the Qin State and find more useful crops and minerals for Your Majesty, so as to contribute to the Qin State. Please grant me Your Majesty's permission."

After finishing writing, Qin Xingfu took a look.

"This doesn't look like classical Chinese, nor does it look like vernacular Chinese. It's nothing like this. Whatever. Let's just leave it as it is!"

Thinking that she would be free tomorrow, Qin Xingfu happily hummed a little tune and twisted her waist from time to time.

"Today is a good day. Everything you wish for will come true..."

"I am as free as the wind, just like your tenderness..."

Good mood is contagious. When others see her happy, they also smile and work harder.

The next day, Qin Xingfu got up early, dressed neatly and went to work, greeting everyone with a smile.

"Mr. Prime Minister, you are here really early!"

"Good morning, gentlemen! Han Xin is in good spirits today, and so is Zhang Liang..."

Some people saluted, while others just couldn't stand her. She came when she wanted to and didn't come when she didn't want to. They had to come and couldn't be late.

When the First Emperor arrived, he was a little surprised to see Qin Xingfu below. He wondered what trouble she was planning today.

After Qi Le finished shouting, Qin Xingfu and Li Si stepped forward together. In line with the principle of respecting the elderly and loving the young, Qin Xingfu let him speak first.

"Your Majesty, I am here with the others to impeach Qin Xingfu for spreading lies to confuse the people, fabricating and cursing Your Majesty, with ill intentions and unknown origins. I am afraid that this is the case. Please, Your Majesty, sentence this man to death! This is evidence of his crime, please investigate!"

Qin Xingfu looked at him with an expression of "Are you okay?" Does this old wall lamp think its life is too long? It started to light a lantern in the toilet - looking for death.

Fusu, Han Xin and others were all shocked and quickly jumped out to speak.

"Your Majesty, Lady Qin is wronged! She is definitely not that kind of person."

"Father, Huiyuan is a sincere and honest person. He would not do such a thing. Your Majesty, please understand clearly."

An imperial censor noticed Li Si's gaze and hurried forward to speak.

"Your Majesty, I would also like to report Qin Xingfu. She deceived the emperor and disrupted the government."

Li Si's party came out to accuse Qin Xingfu, especially Tian Fengchang, saying that Qin Xingfu often sang obscene songs and lyrics in her house, and that she also disrespected the etiquette and used the chime bells without permission.

Qin Xingfu looked at them and said, stunned. Wow, it turned out that she had so many enemies. She found that these people spoke very nicely, not at all as brutal as the modern people.

The First Emperor glanced at the "evidence" of Qin Xingfu's crimes, and found that every piece of evidence was justified and based on the law. He gave Qi Le a look, and Qi Le understood immediately.

"quiet!"

The First Emperor threw the charges in front of her.

"Look, is there anything you want to say?"

Qin Xingfu picked it up and looked at it, exclaiming in admiration.

"Mr. Prime Minister, this handwriting is really wonderful, very good."

Li Si didn't expect that she would just think his handwriting was good without even reading the content.

"Why bring such a small matter to the court? Let's talk about national affairs first! Your Majesty, this is the summary of the country's cultivated land, tax revenue, grain, population, etc. this year. Please review it."

Qi Le took the memorial and presented it to the First Emperor.

"This year, 3 million mu of cultivated land was added, and the output of grains increased. The output of millet, sorghum, wheat and beans increased by 4 million catties compared with last year. As long as the increase came from wheat, the total output was 3 million tons. The output of rice increased by 5 million catties compared with last year, and the total output was 376 tons. This year's potato harvest totaled 9.86 million catties, sweet potatoes 13 million catties, and corn production was less, at 4.67 million catties..."

Qin Xingfu reported one thing after another, which made the group of people seem to be not doing their job properly. They wanted to interrupt her, but seeing that His Majesty was so interested, they all made eye contact with each other for a while.

"…The national population has increased by one million people compared to last year, and the total population is 27,680,000. That's all I have to say. Do you have any questions? Just ask."

Qin Xingfu spoke a lot in one breath, and the many figures made them dizzy and they didn't know where to start asking for a while.

"Since no one is talking about state affairs, let's talk about personal matters! This is my resignation letter, please review it, Your Majesty!"

Qin Xingfu submitted her resignation. The First Emperor was still immersed in the joy of the great harvest, but when he heard her say she resigned, his face changed instantly.

Qile carefully presented the results.

"For one year, I thank Your Majesty for allowing me to work as the Minister of Grain. However, I have handed over the farming to them. They know how to farm. If they continue to follow these methods, everything will be improved next year. There is no point for me to stay here, so I don't want to continue. It happens that the ministers have also complained about me, so I will not embarrass Your Majesty."

Li Si's face was very ugly now. She resigned on her own, so how could he let her die? No, he couldn't let her go. The enemy was only easy to control under his nose. What if he came back one day? He had to say with a dark face.

"Your Majesty, Lord Qin has worked so hard, he should be rewarded. How can you just leave like that?"

The Prime Minister's followers could not keep up with his pace for a while, and they stared at Li Si. Li Si gestured quietly to them to be patient.

"Qin Xingfu, you are so presumptuous. Do you think I have wronged you?"

"No, Your Majesty is very kind to me, but I don't like it. You won't let me do what I like, and you didn't agree even after I mentioned it so many times. Now, Ying Gu is fully qualified to take on the post of the Minister of Grain. As for farming, I have handed over the teachings to the people on the farm. Your Majesty, please agree! I don't want any rewards."

She purified some of the copper coins to make wires and pipes. The biogas digester was pretty good. She decided to develop clean energy in the future, such as biogas, solar energy, and hydropower.

As she thought about it, her hands began to itch. She wanted to go back to her secret base to work. It was a waste of time to stay with these people!

The First Emperor received many letters and drawings from her, but after she was beaten, she would say every time she didn't want to do it anymore. He just piled them up and didn't read them, and he couldn't understand them anymore. He now felt that it was very difficult for him to learn things, and he was not as good as when he was young.

Looking at some people below who were advocating for her to leave and others who were trying hard to get him to stay, the noisy atmosphere made him very upset and a little angry.

"That's enough! Since you don't want to do this anymore, I will just dismiss you from your post. Ying Gu will be the Internal Affairs Secretary for Grain Administration. Court is dismissed!"

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

Qin Xingfu shouted loudly, but the First Emperor didn't even look at her.

"Thank you so much, Prime Minister. You are such a good person. May good people live a peaceful life!"

Qin Xingfu quickly ran to Li Si and talked to him in a servile manner. Li Si almost lost his composure. He thought that this person usually looked innocent, but he didn't expect that he would retreat in order to advance today, which made their plan fail.

"Master Qin is so calculating!"

After saying this with gritted teeth, he turned around and left. Qin Xingfu couldn't understand why he was angry. Could it be that this old man wanted to kill me?

Did you think that I took the initiative to resign and take a step back to advance, and deliberately embarrassed him in the court?

Her vision is too narrow, and they are totally on different channels. If she really wanted to be an official, she would not have handed those things to the First Emperor secretly. She would have pretended to be a hermit and asked His Majesty to treat her with state etiquette. She would have been stripped of his position as prime minister right away. How could he ever have a chance to rise again?

I really don't understand. What's the good of working every day? I'm exhausted. Just talking is tiring. It's a waste of time.

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