Chapter 107 Section 3 Li Si Family Banquet

This year, Li Si was already sixty-four years old.Thinking back thirty-four years ago, when he first arrived in Xianyang, he made a solemn oath to himself on the roof of Nilu: If you don’t serve as a prime minister, you will spend your life in vain.Now, he has fulfilled his oath. In this year, he finally reached the pinnacle of his official career, becoming the prime minister of the Great Qin Empire, who is under one person and above tens of thousands of people, and became the most powerful person in the empire besides Yingzheng. At this time, the power of the central government of the empire was mainly divided among the following political groups.

The largest share, of course, is occupied by the group of heroes and their children.The core of the Hero Group is the three major families - the Li family, the Meng family, and the Wang family. Let's look at the Li family first.Li Si is the prime minister, needless to say.His eldest son, Li You, is now the prefect of Sanchuan.Sanchuan County governs Xingyang, leads Luoyang, Kaifeng and other counties, and is the gateway to Xianyang, so the status of the county guard is no small matter.The rest of the sons all married the princess of Qin, and all the daughters married the princes of Qin. They were the first family in Qin's political arena.

The torch of the Montessori family has been passed on to the Montessori brothers of the young faction.Meng Tian holds a heavy army and sits in the north.Meng Yi is the highest minister, and when he goes out, he will participate in the ride, and when he enters, he will be in front of the imperial court. The Wang family is highly valued for its military exploits, and both father and son were enfeoffed as Liehou. Wang Jian was named Marquis of Wucheng, and Wang Ben was named Marquis of Tongwu. The second political group is the close ministers around Yingzheng, represented by Zhao Gao, the Minister of CRRC.

There is also a group of ministers from the six countries.For the long-term stability of the empire, Qin mainly wooed the ministers of the six countries, but while wooing, he remained wary and prevented them from intervening in key departments. In the vassal group, the doctor is a decisive force.After the unification of Qin Dynasty, following the example of the Jixia Academy in Qi State, a doctorate system was established in the central government. The number of doctors is exactly the same as that of Mr. Jixia, 70 people.Among the seventy people, most of them are scholars from the six countries. Their duties are to "understand the past and present, teach disciples, and often ask questions about the state's doubts."

By creating a doctorate system, the Empire effectively included the elite of all known disciplines at the time.Ying Zheng also relied heavily on these elite intellectuals.Although the doctor's food salary is only four hundred shi and has no real power, he can stand against the prime minister and discuss politics and rituals together.In national affairs, the doctor's right to speak cannot be underestimated. In other aspects, with the implementation of the prefecture and county system, the influence of the clan group has declined.In the future, the women in the harem and the group of foreign relatives, who have been causing constant disasters in Chinese history, were effectively kept out of the power system under the power of Yingzheng.

Among these groups, the contradiction between the hero group and the vassal group is the most acute.In the siege of power, the heroes inside refused to come out, but the surrenders outside wanted to rush in.During the integration process of the empire, everyone knew that such contradictions could not be eliminated automatically, and could only be finally resolved through fierce conflicts. Let's say that on this day, Li You went back to Xianyang to visit his relatives, and Li Si served wine to welcome his son.If it is placed in an ordinary family, that is, the father and son can have a meal together in peace and enjoy the family happiness quietly.However, given Li Si's status, he was destined not to be able to obtain such peace.All the civil and military officials from all over the court came to congratulate after hearing the news, and there were thousands of horses and horses in the court.An ordinary family banquet has turned into a grand event in the political arena.

The fairy house in the sky, the prime minister's house on earth.Speech is rich and powerful, and every eye is full of guests.At the banquet, Li Si was in great spirits, and he didn't feel drunk. After drinking, his true feelings were revealed, and he couldn't help feeling sad from it, which couldn't be cut off.He knows that he has reached the pinnacle of his life and achieved the pinnacle of achievement. The days to come will be long, where will his good and bad stop?So he sighed and said, "Wow! I heard that Xunqing said, 'The prohibition of things is great'. I am originally Shang Caibuyi, the head of Guizhou in Luxiang. I didn't know who I was, so I was promoted here. Today's ministers Those who have no position as ministers can be said to be extremely rich. When things are extreme, they will decline, and I don’t know where they will return!”

One person turned to the corner, the whole house was unhappy, not to mention that Li Si is the host of today's banquet, when he suddenly said such sad words, everyone lost their faces and dared not answer the words, they could only pray and wish well. As the saying goes, be content and be happy.After careful study, this may not be true.Once a person is satisfied, he will inevitably face an eternal problem: next, why spend the rest of his life?In it, the rich girl Daisy said in her money-filled voice, "What shall we do this afternoon? And tomorrow, and the next thirty years?" What kind of footsteps will the aggressive road swallow?What kind of spirituality is subverted?

Li Si can be said to be content, and after contentment, troubles arise immediately.Fortunately, people who are looking for troubles can always find troubles.No, Li Si's troubles came soon.