Chapter 17 Section 5: Things are right and people are wrong

The road map to rescue Zheng Guo finally came to the last juncture.Zazhi has been convened, success or failure depends on it. Li Si looked around the palace, and saw that almost all the heavyweights in Qin State's political arena had gathered. Dozens of high-ranking officials, dignitaries, and kingdom elites who were out of reach in the eyes of ordinary people gathered in the hall, forming a powerful jury lineup. The joint trial of miscellaneous governance is a kind of court discussion.The State of Qin has a tradition of court discussions. Whenever there are major national events, the highest decision-making level must be convened to discuss together. Officials express their opinions, disputes and debates, and the King of Qin makes the final decision. To a certain extent, the embryonic form of democratic centralism has already taken shape.

Since Li Si became a guest minister seven years ago, he has participated in court discussions many times.Today's chaos has not yet started, but the faces in front of him, either unfamiliar or familiar, made Li Si feel extremely emotional.In the past seven years, the old officials have gone and new officials have come. The people in power in Qin's political arena have changed several times.When Lu Buwei was in power, almost all those in power were the Lu faction.When Lai Ai rose, more than half of them were replaced by Lai faction.Now the clan is important, and the people in power are mostly Qin people.Only Yingzheng has always sat on the throne of King Qin, and has become more mature, more majestic, and more inviolable.

The majesty of the palace is still there, but where are the dignitaries who used to guide the country and the situation in this palace, where are they now?Cai Ze, Cheng Xun, Fan Yuqi, Lai Ai, Wei Weijiu, Neishi Si, Zuo Yijiu, Zhongdafu Lingqi, Lu Buwei, Mao Jiao, Li Si's former friends or enemies, former ministers in the same hall, Fighting secretly and fighting openly, but now it is the thing of things, fugitives fleeing, recalling dismissals, beheading beheadings, drifting drifting away, exile in exile.But who knows that these self-satisfied and powerful people in front of them will have the opportunity to appear in this palace after a few years, and continue to eat the king's salary and be loyal to the king?

For seven years, Li Si was one of the few protectors among the ministers above the Qing level.After seven years, not only has he not fallen, but his status has risen steadily.The secret of Li Si's career management naturally attracted the interest of many colleagues.In the face of colleagues asking for advice, Li Si always kept his mouth shut, and only occasionally talked about his experience and lessons in his official career in front of his two sons. In Li Si's view, there are many factors for his success today, such as his talent and wisdom, his hard work; his calmness and patience, not sticking to temporary gains and losses.There have been many opportunities in front of him, as long as he agrees to join Lu Buwei or Lao Ai, wealth and power will be at his fingertips.He held back, yes, he held back, he endured those climbers who were far less talented than him to climb on top of him.He resisted the temptation and endured loneliness.However, these can only be regarded as people who plan things, and the ultimate success depends on heaven.Ying Zheng is Li Si's heaven.He made Yingzheng feel his sincerity and loyalty in his youth, and Yingzheng admired him and trusted him.Ying Zheng may not fall in love with him as a person, but he will definitely fall in love with his use value.What Li Si wants to do is to preserve value first, and then to increase value.

In the past, there were two powerful officials, Lu Buwei and Lao Ai, in front of him, and the low-key Li Si didn't attract attention.Now that the situation has changed, Lao Ai's car is broken, and Lu Buwei has lost power, Li Si's role has undergone tremendous changes.He is no longer Li Si, the guest minister, but the powerful Ting Wei, the leader of the foreign guest group.He can no longer hide behind others, but must stand up, stand in the front row, and face the vicissitudes of the political arena.Whether it is a blessing or a curse, he bears the brunt of it, and there is no excuse.

The road to power is like a river, if you sail against the current, you will retreat if you do not advance.Li Si knew very well that his position was not stable, and even still very fragile.No one can guarantee that the expulsion order will happen again.Before the rivers and lakes are at peace, Li Si must fight on.He must do everything in his power to defend his position, not only for the present, but for the future as well. In the future, in the not-too-distant future, we will surely usher in an unprecedented and even unprecedented glorious era.Conquering the six countries and unifying the world will become a reality in Ying Zheng.He must always stand by Ying Zheng's side when this great unification battle comes.It can be foreseen that in the battle of unification, there will be countless exciting events worth looking forward to, countless exciting events, countless bloody sorrows and joys, and countless settlements and turmoil.It is not enough to be a bystander. He has to experience it with Ying Zheng, promote it with his own hands, and carve an indelible handwriting on the monument of time.People, people, life is like a salary, it is really not long.Those immortals, those legends, those that can be met but not sought after, like the shining meteor on the broken bridge, like the girl with flowers in the arms, once you miss it, see you next time, it will be a thousand years.The heart is broken at normal temperature, even if the blood is pouring profusely, there is no one to heal, no one to feel sorry for.

Thinking of this, Li Si couldn't help but feel excited.The eunuch climbed up the high steps and shouted at the top of his voice, "The king is here." The hall suddenly fell silent.Ying Zheng came out and everyone saluted.Ying Zheng sat down, glanced around, and fixed his eyes on Li Si, "Ting Wei, you can start." Li Si stood up respectfully, and said, "Yes." In the big scene of chaos, Li Si was not only not afraid, but excited like a duck in water.He was born for the big scene.Today's Xianyang Palace is his performance venue.On this stage, he is the protagonist.In the future, on a bigger stage, he will still lead the leading role, and no one will be allowed to compete with him.