Chapter 140 The third section "Lu's Spring and Autumn" arrived at the right time

Neither sooner nor later, "Lu's Spring and Autumn" was released at this sensitive moment. For Lu Buwei, whether there is any suspicion of rushing to rush to celebrate or even demonstrations is unknown today.However, since the establishment of the project in the second year of Yingzheng, "Lushi Chunqiu" has been compiled for seven years. The project is huge and attracts much attention.The book is finally completed today, so it can be regarded as an epoch-making event in the political and cultural life of the Qin State. As the editor-in-chief and patron of the book, Lu Buwei naturally took the opportunity to publicize it and make more money for himself. political capital.

Therefore, Lu Buwei held an unprecedentedly grand new book launch conference, held a large banquet, and invited all officials.Lu Buwei's move, although there are many people with the intention of participating in the grand event, but it also has another purpose: he wants to take the opportunity to probe the depth of the water in the court, and to see the hearts of all the officials, he wants to see clearly, When Lai Ai was popular and favored, how many court officials were willing to step into the gate of his prime minister's mansion. After all, Lu Buwei has been in power for many years, with deep roots and luxuriant leaves, and great prestige. Officials who have received invitations are all honored to attend.The officials who were originally on Lu Buwei's side needless to say.And those officials who were sitting on the wall and watching from both sides did not dare not to come. After all, Lu Buwei is far from falling into the field where the wall is overthrown by everyone, and there is no need for him to stand in line to express his position in advance.Quite a few of those invited were Lai Ai's henchmen. They were afraid of Lai Ai's power and were unwilling to be present, but Lu Buwei and Lai Ai did not openly break up. From the face point of view, everyone was happy together. Second, they are participating in a cultural feast, which is only elegant and has nothing to do with politics. With this high-sounding reason, they no longer have any scruples.Naturally, there was one less person who planted dogwood everywhere, but Lao Ai was not present, and Lu Buwei just forgot to send him an invitation.

Today's gathering is no more than a formal court meeting, the atmosphere is much more relaxed and lively, and everyone has temporarily shed their bureaucratic faces and put on human-like faces.And it is precisely this kind of gathering that can best see the popularity, prestige, friendship, and status among colleagues of each official. Who has open and secret grudges with whom, and it's all revealed when they put it in the hall. Li Si has been working as an official for five years, so he can't be counted as a long time, but he has already become a guest official, and his ability is obvious to all. Although Lao Ai and Lu Buwei are sworn enemies, Li Si can use both sides, and maintains a good relationship with them. , and more importantly, Li Si and Ying Zheng got very close.With Li Si's age and his relationship with the upper class, the future is limitless.It is said that the eyes of the masses are sharp, but the eyes of those officials are hundreds of times sharper than the eyes of the masses. They have seen all these things about Li Si and kept them in their hearts. Naturally, they dare not neglect Li Si , when they met, they were all enthusiastic, even unscrupulous.

After drinking for three rounds, we stepped into the topic and began to circulate "Lu Shi Chunqiu" during the banquet.We might as well imagine that more than 200,000 characters are all written on bamboo slices, and all the bamboo slices add up to weigh thousands of catties, and it takes several rooms to hold it. What a scale and grandeur it is.It is precisely because of this that only a small part of the whole book was circulated during the meeting.It was difficult for all the officials to get the whole picture, and naturally it was inconvenient to comment, so they congratulated Lu Buwei one after another, thinking that it was a grand event for all ages.

Li Si held the cold bamboo slips, some of the ink was still wet, and he was very excited.Although the compilation of "Lushi Chunqiu" came from his suggestion, what he didn't expect was that Lu Buwei actually did it.He knew that in order to compile "Lu's Spring and Autumn", Lu Buwei spent a lot of money, three thousand people, seven years, and spent tens of thousands of gold. However, from the beginning to the end, Lu Buwei never frowned and asked for money. Asking people to give others, the enthusiasm remains undiminished.Regarding this point, Li Si also had to admire and respect him.

Lu Buwei always valued Li Si's opinion, especially today.Among today's guests, there are some who are senior officials than Li Si, but none who are higher level than Li Si.To evaluate "Lu Shi Chun Qiu", Li Si is undoubtedly a trustworthy authority. So Lu Buwei asked Li Si and said: "Everyone loves me, and I congratulate this old man. I am ashamed of myself. You have great talents. I would like to hear your opinion." Li Silang said: "Li Sidu does not congratulate Xiangguo." Lu Buwei let out a sigh, his smile stiffened a little, and he asked again: "In the opinion of the guest, what should I do?"