Chapter 55: Ying Zheng Lost Sleep Because of Journey to the West
Ying Zheng felt that the time was right.

So he raised his hand and said, "Get up. After all, this is just a possibility that Zhao Yi mentioned. It didn't happen. I won't blame you for this."

Li Si, who had been with Ying Zheng for many years, certainly understood Ying Zheng.

Although His Majesty said this, it does not mean that he doesn't have any doubts in his heart.

Otherwise, Your Majesty would not have banished Hu Hai and Zhao Gao to Jiujiang County and Jiuyuan County respectively.

Before, Li Si was puzzled as to why Your Majesty would do this.

Now Li Si knew the reason.

Fortunately, I did not participate in the murder of His Majesty in the future that Zhao Yi said might happen.

Otherwise, he would be exiled to some border area like Hu Hai and Zhao Gao.

Li Si quietly thanked Zhao Yi in his heart.

However, Li Si did not dare to continue kneeling, after all, His Majesty had ordered him to stand up.

"Thank you, Your Majesty, for your grace."

"So, I will not reveal my identity to Zhao Yi until he changes his mind about rebellion."

"Your Majesty, I would like to ask what should we do if Zhao Yi keeps changing his mind?"

Ying Zheng said helplessly: "Alas~ I will play a rebellion game with him when the time comes. Anyway, if he wants to rebel, he has to rely on my people. It seems that he wants me to be the emperor even if the rebellion is successful."

Li Si was very surprised.

I didn't expect that His Majesty values ​​Zhao Yi so much!
She was even willing to rebel against herself for him.

I'm afraid Zhao Yi gave Your Majesty more than just potatoes and papermaking techniques.

However, Li Si would not and dared not ask His Majesty what else Zhao Yi had given.

Li Si, who had served the emperor for many years, knew very well that there were some things he should not ask.

Since Your Majesty is unwilling to tell him, there must be a reason for that.

Sometimes it's not a good thing to know too much.

Suddenly thinking of something, Ying Zheng asked, "By the way, in what capacity did you meet Zhao Yi?"

"In reply to your Majesty, I was quick-witted and borrowed the identity of Li Shen, the magistrate of Shaqiu County, who was standing beside me."

Ying Zheng nodded and praised: "Not bad. Very smart. Just right for what I want you to do."

"I want you to temporarily serve as the magistrate of Shaqiu County. After all, I told Zhao Yi that the magistrate of Shaqiu County is also a member of the rebel camp. So it would be better for you to go over there and keep an eye on it to avoid being exposed."

"As for the time, when Zhao Yi no longer has the intention to rebel, you will no longer have to take on the concurrent post."

Ying Zheng did this to avoid exposing his disguised identity.

Since this kid Zhao Yi will go to Li Si to question him.

Then one day he might go to question the magistrate of Shaqiu County.

By then, Ying Zheng’s identity will definitely be exposed.

Secondly, if Ying Zheng has to leave Shaqiu County for some reason, it would be good for someone to help look after Zhao Yi.

To prevent Zhao Yi from having another bad son.

Therefore, it would be better to appoint someone whom Ying Zheng can trust as the county magistrate of Shaqiu County.

And Li Si is the best choice.

Of course, a small part of the reason was that Ying Zheng was unhappy that Li Si had time to visit brothels every day.

"My minister obeys."

Li Si was quite happy about His Majesty's decision.

This shows that Your Majesty still trusts me in his heart.

Otherwise, I wouldn't have given this task to myself.

Of course, taking on the role of county magistrate means that my work will increase.

I need to handle various affairs in Sand Hill County.

After all, this concerns His Majesty's plan.

Ying Zheng sorted out the stories written by Zhao Yi on the table. "Secondly, I have another task for you."

"You need to formulate a new Daqin law. It is a law about the review standards of entertainment works."

"This is to prevent lawless elements from stirring up public sentiment through entertainment works."

Li Si asked, "I would like to ask Your Majesty, how should the review criteria of the law be determined? Can you give me an example? This will make it easier for me to formulate the law."

"You cannot vilify the court officials and me in any kind of work. For the rest, you can refer to these stories written by Zhao Yi."

As he spoke, Ying Zheng placed the story written by Zhao Yi on the side of the table.

"Come here and take these stories home to read for reference. Entertainment works like these that encourage the public to revolt are not allowed to be published or circulated."

"Because Zhao Yi wrote these stories to make people want to resist authority. So that he could encourage the masses to rebel when he wanted to."

Li Si followed the order and picked up the story written by Zhao Yi.

He was very confused about what story could make His Majesty so fearful.

Even special laws need to be enacted for this purpose.

The last Confucian who criticized Your Majesty for writing nonsense did not receive this treatment.

Although there were rumors among the people about burning books and burying scholars.

But that is just an exaggeration by Confucians.

Moreover, the cause of that incident was that the Confucians instigated the eldest prince Fusu to cause trouble, which made His Majesty furious and he wanted to ban the Confucian "Book of Songs" and "Book of Documents".

So the result was that Fusu was sent by His Majesty to the northwest to serve as the military supervisor of Mengkuo.

In addition, with the presence of several great Confucian scholars and high-ranking officials in the court, such as Feng Quji and Chunyu Yue, the order to ban books was not strictly enforced.

After all, His Majesty is not serious, otherwise he would not have just issued an informal imperial decree without even formulating relevant laws.

As a result, because of Zhao Yi's stories, His Majesty immediately asked him to formulate corresponding laws.

If he was not in front of His Majesty now, Li Si would have wanted to open it and read the story written by Zhao Yi.

"Okay, you can leave now. By the way, you have to return those stories to me after you finish reading them." Ying Zheng reminded.

"My minister obeys."

After receiving the order, Li Si walked out of the palace taking the story written by Zhao Yi.

He had to hurry back to see what these stories were like.

It actually made His Majesty remember it so much that he wanted to return it after reading it himself.

After Li Si left, Ying Zheng thought at the table.

Why did that kid Zhao Yi ask me what I was doing four years ago?
Could it be that the boy is hiding something from me?

Or maybe that guy saw that my surname was also Zhao so he suspected that I was the scumbag who abandoned his wife and children.

How could I do such a thing? As the First Emperor of Qin, I am not unable to support people.

Hey~
Actually, I have never abandoned anyone, but I was abandoned by a woman four years ago.

Ying Zheng still misses that woman to this day.

But that woman seemed to have never existed, and no matter how hard Ying Zheng tried to find her, he could not find any news about her.

However, it seems that Zhao Yi really wants to find his scumbag father, so Ying Zheng plans to help him.

However, in order to help Zhao Yi, we need to know the identity of Zhao Yi's mother.

However, Zhao Yi did not reveal these to Ying Zheng at all.

So Ying Zheng ordered Yu Ji to inquire about the news of Zhao Yi's mother if she went to Shahe Village.

If we find Zhao Yi's scumbag father by then, we can also ask Zhao Yi to do us a favor.

By the way, what happens in the latter part of Journey to the West?

That night, Ying Zheng couldn't sleep because he kept thinking about the sequel to Journey to the West.

So the next day, Ying Zheng went to Zhao Yi early in the morning to find out the sequel of Journey to the West...

(End of this chapter)