Given Chen Xu's incredible identity and various strange ideas and behaviors, the emperor felt that it was indeed novel and curious, and Chen Xu was always able to give a nearly perfect solution to some major decisions that neither he nor the civil and military officials of the court could solve.

However, as Chen Xu was in various seemingly calm but dazzling reforms, the conflict between him and the most relied on the left prime minister Li Si became deeper and more irreconcilable. The two gradually became a trend of water and fire, and the civil and military officials of the court began to split into two factions. It can be seen from the daily political discussion that the struggle between the two sides became increasingly fierce. The reformists who supported Chen Xu and the magic faction who supported Li Si had reached an incoordination level.

As Chen Xu's various reforms became more and more rapid, the emperor began to gradually feel that the court was losing control, so he became more and more confused and panic, and an uncontrollable anxiety became heavier and heavier.

Especially in the decision to abolish the Northwest Army this time, the emperor could clearly feel that the driving force behind it was Chen Xu. Although there was no problem with the starting point, why didn’t he raise it directly to himself like other officials?

This is a problem that the emperor has not figured out recently.

Therefore, when it comes to disarmament, the emperor has been resisting not consulting Chen Xu and expressing his dissatisfaction in this way.

But that's all. If you are dissatisfied, the emperor finally figured out the benefits of disarmament. In particular, the right prime minister Feng Quji strongly supported the disarmament strategy and sacked the Northwest army, just like laying off millions of surrendered soldiers, could greatly alleviate the difficulties and difficulties in salt, grain, cloth and military supplies, and at the same time greatly reduce the corvee service of the people, and therefore greatly alleviate the fierce and sharp contradictions between the court and the people.

All officials knew about this contradiction, and the emperor also knew that the sentiment of hundreds of disciples from the people against harsh laws and heavy labor service has always been high. There are too many reasons for not changing, but the most important ones are nothing more than two.

First, consider national stability.

The second is the court’s indifference to the people.

The function of magic is to suppress the civilians and the people of the six countries to make them subjugate. This is the law of the king.

Under the suppression of harsh laws and severe punishments, all civilians can only endure it. Resistance has no meaning and no benefits. The consequences of resistance and fleeing are extremely miserable, and they will be punished at every turn. Then they will either be moved to the border and built mausoleums and the Great Wall of the Path, and basically there is no great chance of freedom.

Last year, the two counties in Qidong encountered a flood that was rare in a century. The victims left their hometowns and were displaced. They were hungry and cold and had no hope of survival. Chen Xu made a fuss in the court and demanded that the court open warehouses and release grain to help the victims. At the same time, he also published it in the newspaper to mobilize the people in Xianyang to collect clothing, money and grain to help the victims.

Although the emperor accepted this suggestion in the church and also saw the enthusiastic donation scenes of the people in Xianyang driven by the newspaper, the emperor was still worried at that time, and the subsequent development of disaster relief was indeed smooth. The turmoil in the disaster area quickly subsided. However, the emperor never expected that in just one year, the disaster areas in the two counties in Qidong actually had a bumper harvest and increased production and income. The victims also actively gave back to the court and began to pay taxes and grains actively, which was completely incredible in the past.

Therefore, when he saw this special report from the two counties of Qidong, the emperor began to examine his thoughts in silence.

Xunzi's statement that the king serves the boat and the people serves the water also gave him a deeper understanding.

"Chen Xu, if I entrust all the important task of governing the Qin Dynasty to you, I don't know what the ending of the Qin Dynasty will be..."

Qin Shihuang murmured to himself with a serious expression on his face while sitting on a big chair.

Entangled, confused, longing, expectation, nervous...

Qin Shihuang felt that he had never been so anxious or helpless.

As he was used to his movements, he raised his hand and turned the globe placed on the desk. He watched Daqin, who only occupied a small area, keep passing by his eyes, and his mind slowly became silent.

"Come!"

"I'm here!" A middle-aged eunuch standing at the gate of the hall quickly bowed and saluted.

“How is the progress of the Cuju competition now?”

Uh! The eunuch opened his mouth and was stunned for a moment before reporting: "Your Majesty, the group stage has ended. The semi-finals will begin in two days. The four Cuju teams that advanced to compete for the championship!"

"Oh!" Qin Shihuang nodded and took his eyes off the globe to look at the eunuch, "How much money did you buy in the lottery? Which team is betting on the championship?"

The eunuch's forehead was sweating profusely, and he lowered his head and did not dare to look at the emperor's face. He bowed carefully and replied: "Your Majesty, I have bought a thousand yuan lottery tickets. The team that bets that won is the Paper Factory Flyers win the championship!"

"The paper mill Flying Team is my fourth son-in-law Meng Yun's Cuju team, right?"

"yes!"

"Well, help me buy a lottery of 100,000 yuan and bet on the Tigers of the Academy of Sciences to win!"

"Ah!?" The eunuch was stunned for a moment, and was stunned for a long time before he came back to his senses and said quickly, "Your Majesty, Qinghehou's Tigers of the Academy of Sciences have been eliminated in the group stage. You...you can't buy it!"

Qin Shihuang stroked his beard and said calmly: "It's okay, just buy it as you like!"

"Yes, Your Majesty, I will leave!" The eunuch withdrew from Zichen Hall in confusion, and then hurried to the Shaofu Order Zhao Wei to tell the emperor's order.

Zhao Wei was also stunned for a long time before smiling bitterly, saying, "I will do this personally, you can go and serve Your Majesty!"

"yes!"

After the eunuch left, Zhao Wei sat in his office and the government office for a long time before he came to his senses and went to the treasury to withdraw money. Soon after, he went to Qingheyuan Gambling Company to buy lottery tickets for the emperor with a large stack of tickets.

"What? Buy the Tigers for 100,000 yuan? Sir... Have you made a mistake?"

The VIP supervisor in charge of receiving large bets by the bookmaker stared at Zhao Wei, the young mansion's order, with big eyes.

"This is the emperor's order. How could this order be wrong? Please count the votes clearly. 100,000 yuan, and you can draw a lottery ticket as soon as possible!" Zhao Wei also said with two big eyes.

The supervisor looked at the thick stack of large amounts of redemption tickets on the table, sweat rolled down his forehead, and the dry mouth and tongue moved and said stammeringly: "Sir, this... this lottery is so small... I dare not open it!"

"Who dares to open it?" Zhao Wei asked coldly.

"Only Mr. Meng, um, no, I'm afraid only the Marquis of Qinghe can open it!"

Zhao Wei's cold expression suddenly relaxed, and nodded and said, "That order is waiting here, you go and ask the Marquis of Qinghe!"

"Yes, you can sit and wait a moment, let's arrange someone to find Qinghe Hou!" The supervisor wiped the cold sweat from his forehead and ordered the maid to serve tea, and then hurried out to instruct a group of people to find Chen Xu.

Chen Xu's whereabouts are uncertain on weekdays. Sometimes he is in the Qinghe Marquis Mansion, sometimes in the Qinghe Villa, sometimes in the newspaper office, the Academy of Sciences, the Oriental Road Administration and other government offices. Therefore, he is afraid to guarantee whether he can quickly find the Superintendent Chen Xu. Therefore, after returning to the VIP room, he could only sit down with Zhao Wei and continue to sweat.

Next to the woods seven or eight miles away from Qinghe Villa, a group of big and thick guards stood under the shade of trees near the pond with swords hanging from their waists and crossbows. Chen Xu was wearing big shorts and short sleeves, cowhide sandals under his feet, and a straw hat on his head. He was sitting by the pond fishing next to the reeds. There was also a boy of similar age next to him, with almost the same outfit, which was the half-brother Han Xin he picked up.

Although it is already late summer, it is actually the hottest season in summer. The setting sun shines down, and the summer cicadas are whistling in the surrounding mountains and fields, making it even more and more hot.

However, the two fishing people were quite calm. They sat under the sun without much movement, and their eyes were staring at the fish float made of reed poles floating on the water without blinking. Judging from the fish float that was constantly shaking slightly, the fish in the pond were always biting the hook.

"Thurt~"

Seeing the fish float shaking violently for a few times, Chen Xu quickly lifted the fishing rod upwards with his eyes and a fishing rod made of thin bamboo that was more than three meters long sank down and turned into a huge bow. Then he saw a large fish more than one foot long being pulled out of the water and struggling violently, and a large amount of waves suddenly stirred up the water surface.

"Wow, brother, this fish is so big!" Han Xin couldn't help but drop the fishing rod in surprise and stood up.

"Come on the fish net bag quickly. This fish is too heavy and I'm afraid the line will break!"

Chen Xu happily used a fishing rod to slowly drag the fish to the shore while saying hello!

Han Xin quickly picked up a net bag with a long handful on the ground to help collect the fish.

"Marty~, Marty~~"

Just as the two brothers were busy, the sound of horse hooves came from a distance, and there were anxious shouts.

Chen Xu turned around, and it was this opportunity to be stunned. He only felt a light in his hand. When he looked back, the fishing rod was empty, and the big fish that was hooked was gone. There were only a few huge ripples rippling on the water.

"Oh, I ran away, a pity!" Han Xin was very depressed.

Chen Xu also turned black and threw down his fishing rod and looked at the direction of the sound of horse hooves. Damn it was a small fish that was caught for a long time. He finally encountered a big fish that was caught and was interrupted and ran away.

If there is no urgent matter later, I will have to break these guys' legs.

The sound of horse hooves was getting closer and closer. Soon two horses galloped and stopped several feet away from the pond. The horsemen immediately turned over and dismounted. One of them was the manager of the Qinghe Hou Mansion, and the other was wearing a blue-gray uniform with a nameplate of the gambling company hanging on their chests.

"Mr. Marquis, the supervisor asked you to go to Liuxiangyuan quickly!" The people from the gambling company bowed their hands with sweat, looking very anxious.

"What happened?" Seeing the person who came to report the news so anxious, Chen Xu temporarily suppressed his anger and asked.

"Hou...Hou, the Shaofu ordered you to go to the bookmaker to buy your Tigers' championship, and you also have to bet 100,000 yuan..."

"Ga~" Chen Xu was stunned for a moment, his mouth was wide open and he could stuff a big duck egg into it. After a long time, he came back to his senses and asked in a hilarious manner: "Did you just get eliminated from the group stage of the Shaofu? "

"I've said it, Manager Wu explained it personally, but the Shaofu Order said that it was the emperor who asked him to buy it, and the Tigers must be bought!"
Chapter completed!