Chapter 307 Li Si’s surrender was planned for a long time!

Chapter 307 Li Si’s surrender was planned for a long time!

At this moment, Feng Quji was filled with surprise and confusion. He had never expected to meet Li Si unexpectedly in the southern border. According to his memory, Li Si should be in Xianyang City at this moment. Although he knew that there were differences in political views between Li Si and Fusu, it was an indisputable fact that Fusu could not do without Li Si's help in the short term if he wanted to stabilize the government.

According to the intelligence obtained by Feng Quji, Li Si did give up a lot of power after Fusu ascended the throne, and he rarely spoke in court. However, he had never heard of Li Si betraying the court.

"Mr. Prime Minister, I think you must be very familiar with this person. Mr. Li Si knows very little about the affairs of the southern border, so I hope the Prime Minister can give Mr. Li more advice."

After hearing Gao Yao's words, Feng Quji quickly responded, "Yes!"

But at this moment, the corners of his mouth twitched slightly. Because at this moment, Feng Quji once again deeply realized that Gao Yao's scheming and scheming were far beyond his expectations. Gao Yao was able to dig Li Si here, and now he arranged for Li Si to follow him to study. This is not learning at all, it is clearly a naked warning!

Who is Li Si? He is the most prestigious prime minister of the Qin Dynasty. There is no doubt about his influence in other aspects. The two have worked in the same court. How could Feng Quji not know Li Si's ability? And such a capable person is now assisting him. This is clearly telling him that if he is unwilling to be the prime minister, Li Si will be the next prime minister.

"Mr. Li Si" Gao Yao looked in the direction of Li Si at this time. Li Si quickly came to Gao Yao's side, lowered his body very low and saluted Gao Yao.

Li Si addressed Gao Yao respectfully as "General". In fact, Li Si must have felt a little emotional. In just a few years, the status between Gao Yao and him had completely reversed. In the past, Gao Yao had to ask for an audience with Li Si, and even had to ask for an audience several times before he could be seen. But now, Li Si had to look at Gao Yao's face.

Gao Yao and Li Si had been secretly in contact all the time, and Li Si really decided to give up this big tree of the court when he began to enfeoff the kings. When the court decided to launch an expedition to the southern border, Li Si was already ready to leave Xianyang.

In Li Si's view, Fusu's act of enfeoffment of the kings was not only a betrayal of the Qin Dynasty, but also a betrayal of his hard work. Qin Shihuang was the policy maker, and Li Si was the executor. It goes without saying how much effort Li Si put into the destruction of the six kingdoms until he officially became the prime minister of the Qin Dynasty.

Enfeoffment of the kings is a way to ruin. No matter how reasonable it is, it cannot change this point. Li Si sees things much more clearly than many people. It seems that stabilizing the rebel forces in various parts of the world through this method will actually bring disaster upon himself sooner or later.

As for the mysterious Yi Xiaochuan wanting to make Li Si a king, Li Si was not sincere at all, but he had no choice at all. The power was in the hands of the mysterious Yi Xiaochuan, and Fusu would not listen to any of his suggestions. Li Si was powerless to change the situation. Until the court officially decided to conquer the southern border, even though many people in the court opposed it, they still could not stop this matter.

It was also at this time that Li Si had completely understood that conquering the southern border was tantamount to destruction. Regardless of winning or losing, the imperial court would completely collapse and would never be able to restore its former glory. Li Si would also become the target of public criticism and would surely die.

Without any pretext, Li Si would be courting death if he started a rebellion. Moreover, Li Si knew that he did not have the ability to do so. There was only one person who could accept his situation, and that was Gao Yao.

At this time, Li Yi also began to feel fortunate that he had not offended Gao Yao too much in the past, which gave him the opportunity to successfully join Gao Yao, and he contacted Gao Yao in advance, asking Gao Yao to use various methods to send his family to the southern border first, and then Li Si went to the southern border himself. There were many reasons why Li Si was able to leave the southern border smoothly and come to Nanyang.

On the one hand, it was because he gradually faded out of the power center. Although he was still the prime minister in name, he basically didn't speak much and even stayed at home sick for a long time. Fusu ignored Li Si over time, and the mysterious Yi Xiaochuan didn't pay much attention to Li Si because he was already on a military expedition. With Gao Yao's secret help, Li Si's family and important people had almost all arrived in the southern border one after another. They had already started to move when Gao Yao conquered Kuaiji.

Only Gao Yao and Lu Zhi knew about Li Si's matter. When Gao Yao was no longer in the southern border, it was Lu Zhi who was responsible for helping Li Si move to the southern border. Li Si had just arrived in the southern border recently, but Gao Yao had not come back, so the matter was shelved. Today was to deal with Feng Quji's matter, and to let Li Si show up.

"Mr. Li Si, for now, please take on the role of the prime minister's deputy! After all, you and the prime minister have known each other for many years, and I believe that you will be able to cooperate with each other well and complement each other. What do you think?" Gao Yao looked at Li Si with a smile and said slowly.

Li Si bowed slightly and responded respectfully: "Yes. Thank you for your love and trust, general. I will do my best to live up to your trust." His tone was calm and firm, without any intention of rebuttal, but seemed particularly submissive.

Then, Li Si bowed to Feng Quji again and said, "Since that's the case, Prime Minister, I will take my leave now." After that, he quietly waited for Gao Yao's response. Gao Yao also nodded and stood up to leave.

Hearing that Gao Yao was about to leave, Feng Quji, who had been sitting aside without saying a word, stood up immediately. With a smile on his face, he hurried to the door and said, "Wait a minute, General. Please allow me to personally escort you." His movements were swift and without delay, fearing any negligence.

Seeing this, Li Si naturally did not dare to fall behind, and followed Gao Yao closely, and walked out of Feng Quji's mansion together. The three of them walked side by side, without saying a word, but the atmosphere did not seem awkward, but rather revealed an inexplicable harmony.

The news received today is numerous and complex, and the amount of information is so large that it is really overwhelming. Therefore, Feng Quji needs to be given enough time to calm down, carefully sort out and think deeply about this information, so that he can fully understand and absorb the key points.

On the other side, Gao Yao had already returned to the mansion. The mansion had already been arranged in an orderly manner, with a variety of exquisite and gorgeous dishes, overflowing with fragrance, making people salivate.

"Mr. Li Si, please."

"General, please go first!"

At this moment, Gao Yao knew that Li Si would eventually choose to surrender to him. After all, Li Si's identity was too special. If he rashly raised an army to resist, he would surely die; but if he did not move, he would also die. Unless Li Si could resolutely abandon all his past glory, status and wealth, and find a remote place where no one knew about it and live in seclusion in the mountains, he might be able to save his life.

However, Li Si had experienced many ups and downs in his life, and his reputation was far-reaching and unrivaled. With his proud character, how could he be willing to live in obscurity and anonymity?

None of the rebels dared to use Li Si. The reasons were so complicated that it was hard to explain them in one sentence. First of all, Li Si could not be used because the policy changes he implemented against the six countries were too many and too profound. If Qin Shihuang was regarded as the decision maker, then Li Si was undoubtedly the ruthless executor, like a sharp butcher knife.

These rebels all held high the banner of resistance against the brutal Qin Dynasty. Even though they may have admired Li Si's talents in their hearts, under pressure from the situation and public opinion, no one dared to openly accept and use him. Or, even if there were some bold people who dared to use Li Si, they would never do so blatantly, but would take a roundabout and obscure way.

As a result, the only candidate for Li Si to surrender to was Gao Yao. Li Si knew very well that he had some value to Gao Yao, and he knew that if Gao Yao surrendered to the southern border, it would have a huge impact on the morale of the court army and would also bring many variables and influences to the court.

What surprised and puzzled Li Si was that Gao Yao did not hesitate to use his power at the first time, but instead arranged for him to temporarily serve as Feng Quji's deputy. This unexpected move made Li Si suspicious and began to speculate what Gao Yao was thinking.

"Mr. Li Si, you and I are old acquaintances with a long history, so let's skip those empty polite words today. We will go to Mr. Gao's mansion early tomorrow morning. As for what specific position I can take, I think you should know it in your heart. The southern border is very different from the Qin court. It's the same day but different days, so, the merits and hard work will naturally be measured by another set of standards. Look, I have put the opportunity here. Whether you can hold it tightly and make good use of it depends on Mr. Li Si himself."

Gao Yao spoke these words slowly and steadily, and every word seemed to be carefully considered. Li Si, who was standing by, was stunned for a moment, but soon returned to normal. He quickly stood up from the stool, knelt on his knees without hesitation, and prostrated himself on the ground like a flatbread, shouting loudly: "Li Si, I meet you, my lord! I am willing to go through fire and water for you, and I will not refuse even if I die!"