Chapter 71 Zhao Gao's Doubts

That night, Li Si and Ying Zheng talked about the universal education system until late at night.

After this meeting with Ying Zheng, not only did Li Si's worldview change, but his perception of Zhao Yi also changed.

In the past, poetry, drama, stories, etc. could also be written by talented people.

But even the most talented person cannot figure out that the earth is a sphere.

Zhao Yi must be an immortal.

If Zhao Yi is not an immortal.

So how did he know this knowledge?
Before this, Li Sike had never heard that the earth was a sphere.

After all, when a normal person sees the earth so flat, huge and vast, how can he think that it is actually a ball?

Unless he could fly to that sky and see what the whole earth looks like.

And only immortals can do such a thing.

If Zhao Yi knew what Li Si was thinking, he could only praise him for his quick mind to think of this in one go.

Unfortunately, the earth is not so easy to see in its entirety.

Even though Zhao Yi had been on an airplane, he couldn't see the entire Earth. He had to rely on photos taken by astronauts to see the entire Earth...

On the other side, Zhao Gao's carriage stopped at an inn in a county town.

He was still on his way to Jiuyuan County to take up the post of County Magistrate.

It would take Zhao Gao another week of journey to reach Jiuyuan County.

After all, Jiuyuan County is almost at the westernmost part of the Qin Dynasty.

Zhao Gao went into the upper room prepared by the postmaster to rest.

A moment later, Zhao Gao's servant came knocking on the door.

"I'm not asleep yet, come in." Zhao Gao said slowly.

The servant took out a small tube and handed it to Zhao Gao.

"Master, this is the information just received from over there."

"Okay, I get it. You can go down." Zhao Gao waved his hand and said.

The servant then left the room and closed the door.

Then Zhao Gao opened the small tube and took out a piece of silk paper.

This is a secret message coming from the Shaqiu County channel.

Although he has been exiled to Jiuyuan County by Your Majesty, Your Majesty still has officials cultivated by him around him.

Moreover, he was originally a eunuch in the palace, so he had several of his insiders among the eunuchs in the palace.

So there would always be someone bringing him information about His Majesty.

In this way, even if he was exiled to Jiuyuan County, he would still be aware of Your Majesty's recent movements.

Zhao Gao read the secret letter carefully.

The more he looked, the more his brows furrowed.

Zhao Gao learned from the secret letter that Ying Zheng had transferred all the officials from his faction.

And these transfers were all of a demotional nature.

You have to know that there are three factions in the court.

One is the Fusu faction led by Feng Quji.

The other is the neutral faction such as Li Si and Wang Jian.

The other was the Hu Hai faction led by Zhao Gao.

And now, Your Majesty has already moved all officials from his faction away from the center of the court.

It is equivalent to completely eradicating one's own faction.

Your Majesty is really cruel!
Why doesn't Your Majesty remember the kindness you have shown me?

I have been with him for more than twenty years.

As a result, he suddenly did this cruel thing to himself.

It seems that His Majesty has no intention of letting me go back.

Otherwise, he would not have demoted all the officials from his faction.

Your Majesty may want me to stay in Jiuyuan County until I die.

Zhao Gao had been with Ying Zheng for many years and of course knew Ying Zheng's character.

Zhao Gao sighed. "Alas~"

Since Your Majesty is like this, don't blame me for being cruel.

Zhao Gao continued to read.

The secret letter mentioned several things that made Zhao Gao very confused and puzzled.

Your Majesty has not been eating breakfast or attending the morning court in the palace recently. I don’t know where he has been.

Shouldn't it?

In the past, even when His Majesty was on an eastern tour, he would not skip the morning court for a long time.

Moreover, His Majesty is very afraid of death, so he hardly touches food from outside to prevent being poisoned.

As a result, His Majesty now dares to eat breakfast outside!
And it’s long-term!

This shows that that place has gained His Majesty's deep trust.

Otherwise His Majesty would not have had breakfast there.

How did that place gain the trust of His Majesty?
Zhao Gao was very confused.

After all, Your Majesty has been wary of the outside world ever since the Jing Ke assassination incident.

In addition, who is Zhao Yi, whom Your Majesty often mentioned during the meeting with Wang Jian and Li Si in the secret letter?

The reason why Zhao Gao had this information was because the secret letter was written by a eunuch in the palace.

It seems that His Majesty values ​​Zhao Yi very much, otherwise he would not be mentioned so often.

But Zhao Gao never remembered that there was an official named Zhao Yi in the palace.

If he had, he would have been impressed.

After all, his surname is also Zhao.

Could it be that Your Majesty met this Zhao Yi when he arrived in Shaqiu County?

Zhao Gao had a hunch that this Zhao Yi was probably related to His Majesty's recent behavior.

Zhao Gao even suspected that the reason why he and Hu Hai were suddenly exiled to Jiuyuan County and Jiujiang County by His Majesty might be related to this Zhao Yi.

After reading the secret letter, Zhao Gao rolled it up and lit it with the help of the oil lamp next to him.

After the secret letter was lit, it was thrown into a copper basin beside it.

Zhao Gao watched quietly as the secret letter burned to ashes.

Since Your Majesty is unkind, don't blame me for being unjust.

Then Zhao Gao took out a piece of silk paper and a fine brush from his bosom and began to write.

He wanted to write a secret letter to his relatives, the remaining nobles of Zhao State.

Let them find the Huns from the grassland to come to Jiuyuan County to discuss some things with me.

Zhao Gao actually knew all about their transactions with the Huns on the grassland.

Zhao Gao even used his power to cover up for them.

Therefore, Zhao Gao believed that they would listen to him and send a message to the Huns to let them come.

Because Zhao Gao knew that with the current equipment of the Huns, even with his help, he would not be a match for Meng Kuo's border army.

So Zhao Gao planned to give the Huns some equipment.

Only in this way could the Huns defeat Mengkuo's army and kill Fusu who was with the army.

At that time, the only heir Your Majesty could choose would be Hu Hai.

In this way, Zhao Gao only needs to wait for his student Hu Hai to come to power and then he can return to the center of power in Qin.

In Handan County, Handan County, Handan Prefecture, two young women were leaning on the railing of a high-rise building and talking.

Looking at the county town outside that had fallen into silence due to the curfew, only faint lights could be vaguely seen in a few mansions.

One of the women asked, "Princess, what kind of person do you think Zhao Yi is, whom the emperor and my grandfather asked us to rush over from Xianyang?"

Yes, these two women were Ying Yinman and Wang Yujia, who were ordered by Ying Zheng and Wang Jian to rush to Shaqiu County.

Ying Yinman clenched her fist and said, "I don't know what kind of person he is. Anyway, I will definitely play a few tricks on him. It's because of him that I have to travel thousands of miles from Xianyang to that remote and backward Shaqiu County."

"Then aren't you afraid of being blamed by His Majesty?" Wang Yujia asked.

"You can blame me, but I know what my father is thinking. There is no way he can grant me a marriage."

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(End of this chapter)