Daqin: When I return from sea, I will offer you a map of the world

Chapter 430 Is there anything worth exchanging with the First Emperor?

Feng... Zhao Wang?

This is indeed something Zhao Si has never thought of.

However, it is impossible for the First Emperor to directly ascend the throne and be crowned the moment Zhao Si is crowned.

No matter how important it is, we must discuss it with the Dukes in the court.

"Let's wait for the matter of making the king a king, and continue reading." The First Emperor waved his hand and stopped talking.

Well... Zhao Si, who was in his wild thoughts, was brought back to reality by the First Emperor. He continued to assist the First Emperor in reviewing memorials and received one-on-one tutoring from the First Emperor.

The day ended quickly. The addition of Zhao Si did not significantly improve the speed of the First Emperor's government affairs processing. Although Zhao Si did save the First Emperor the time to analyze lengthy memorials, the First Emperor would also give certain guidance based on the processing and review of the memorials. .

Therefore, at the end of the day, no more, no less, the sky just got dark, and the day's government affairs were just reviewed.

Generally speaking, things are still the same today. Da Qin's troops and horses are fully mobilized, and they are taking action in an orderly manner according to Wang Jian's strategic deployment, and are engaging in the first large-scale head-on confrontation with the reactionary forces within Da Qin.

The only difference from the past is that there are more memorials discussing the establishment of a crown prince.

The First Emperor just asked for a simple review and did not reply, nor did he express any opinions or attitudes, but this was enough to cause an uproar.

"As for the matter of establishing a crown prince, His Majesty only reviewed it and did not have any other unnecessary replies." Feng Quji knelt down in front of Wang Wan and said.

"Your Majesty, you didn't even discuss Xizhilun's memorial?" Wang Wan asked.

Xizhilun is a member of the imperial censor. He is known for his strong character and harsh words. To put it bluntly, he has a bad mouth and speaks without considering the consequences. He also likes to exaggerate the consequences of things to achieve the effect of admonition.

At the same time, he is also a member of the old clan.

Obviously, the memorial reviewed by the First Emperor today can be called a bold one. It is believed that the First Emperor's delay in establishing a crown prince has caused chaos in the world and people's inability to settle down. It was written by Xi Zhilun.

Fusu has many supporters...

Not to mention that Xizhilun actually persisted in writing to the First Emperor about establishing a heir apparent every year.

Xi Zhilun's memorial was not given by Feng Quji. All Feng Quji had to do was give some trivial hints, and Xi Zhilun would write the memorial he needed according to his expectations.

As for the remaining memorials on the matter of establishing the crown prince, which had no faults and were not offensive, they were purely written by the accomplices of Wang Wan and Feng Quji.

Others were within the rules, but Xi Zhilun's memorial was an exception.

Therefore, although the First Emperor himself did not make any comments, the real old fox had already learned a lot of useful information.

"It seems that Your Majesty does not object to your ministers discussing the matter of establishing a crown prince?" Wang Wan said thoughtfully.

"Look, Mr. Wang, does your Majesty have the intention to establish a heir apparent?" Feng Quji asked.

He did not even refute this obviously offensive memorial. Although he did not agree with it, it also showed that this was far from the bottom line of the First Emperor.

"Maybe!" Wang Wan thought for a while and said.

"Maybe?" Feng Quji frowned.

"It is impossible for us, as ministers, to fully understand His Majesty's thoughts on such a matter, so we can only make bold guesses, but we have to act cautiously," Wang Wan said.

Therefore, in response to Yu Shihuang's unresponsiveness, at Wang Wan's suggestion, Feng Quji launched the second step of the battle plan.

First of all, it is still necessary to write letters to create public opinion... Needless to say, there are more letters than before, and the words are more meaningful, so that the First Emperor can see what his ministers need.

Secondly, you can also discuss the matter of establishing a governor in private. You just need to pay attention to your words. Idle people cannot talk about state affairs indiscriminately, but serving officials do not need to avoid suspicion.

In short, as allowed by the process and rules, they allowed public opinion to expand slowly, stepping on the boundaries set by the First Emperor and testing the edges bit by bit.

As for the death penalty?

This thing is actually not a good thing.

If you really get to this point, you will completely tear off the fig leaf and choose to flip the table. This is not the way to govern a country.

So in the next few days... Zhao Si had to read the memorials on admonitions about establishing the crown prince every day, and watched more and more memorials in this regard.

As always, the First Emperor just reviewed, but did not express his position.

At the same time, Feng Quji and other officials began to discuss the matter of establishing a prince in private.

What goes up and down the line takes effect, and what the people above discuss will be discussed by the people below. Therefore, the officials under their command started to discuss the matter of establishing a prince.

In fact, the First Emperor was over fifty years old, but he had yet to establish a heir apparent.

No matter in any dynasty, it is normal for ministers to have suspicions and discuss things privately.

Rather than saying it was Feng Quji and others' deliberate guidance, it was better to say that they had let go of the restraints on their subordinates.

Yes... before that, they had to restrain their subordinates from taking the initiative to discuss such things, mainly to prevent the First Emperor from thinking that they were using public opinion to force the king, and something bad would happen as a result.

Otherwise, if there were not the constraints of the top group of people, there were many people with low official ranks but courage, and the matter of establishing a prince would have been debated long ago.

Again, when it comes to the matter of establishing a prince, given the current era and the current situation, it is reasonable and full of justice for the ministers to be anxious.

The kind that is beyond reproach!

There is no heir in the heavenly family, and it is really difficult for people's hearts to be at peace.

The First Emperor was too strong, which led to the current situation.

However, as they took the initiative to test, and the First Emperor remained silent and deliberately indulged, more and more people came forward. Privately, everyone believed that Da Qin really needed to identify a prince to stabilize the situation and appease people's hearts.

However, as the memorials and public opinions continued to increase, the First Emperor still only reviewed them without replying or expressing his position.

"Now His Majesty's mood and anger cannot be guessed. Even as a minister, I can't tell whether he wants to appoint me as the Crown Prince. Now the situation has reached a deadlock. Your Majesty is unwilling to discuss it. Do you have to wait until the court meeting to openly raise such a proposal? Is it something?" Feng Quji frowned and asked.

"Your Majesty should have no objection to establishing a crown prince... If your Majesty had no intention of establishing a crown prince, he would have refuted the letter the first time he submitted the letter and would not have retained him." Wang Wan also frowned and pondered.

"The current situation may be that we, the ministers, have failed to satisfy His Majesty in some matters and have not fulfilled our duties as ministers. Doctor Feng can do more self-examination," Wang Wan said.

Feng Quji knew what Wang Wan meant as soon as he heard it.

Self-reflection...

Wang Wan meant that the reason why the First Emperor had not expressed his position or given them further permission was because there were some things that the First Emperor needed to do that they had not yet satisfied.

Just an exchange...

The First Emperor planned to exchange something with his ministers by holding the matter of establishing the crown prince.

"I will pay attention to your Majesty's words and deeds in the future, so as not to delay important events... But Mr. Wang, I have a question." Feng Quji frowned slightly.

"What if... I mean what if, is there really anything in this world that His Majesty needs to exchange with us ministers?" Feng Quji said with a bit of uncertainty and hesitation on his face.

Wang Wan frowned when he heard the sound, and the two brothers' expressions were synchronized like mecha pilots.

"I don't know..." Wang Wan naturally couldn't see such things clearly.

And on the other side...

In the palace and garden, the grandfather and grandson were sitting together under the pavilion.

Perhaps the First Emperor felt that it was a bit difficult to stay in the house all day long to review memorials, so after the sun came out during the past two days, he would move to an open place to review memorials.

Unfortunately, the weather is getting colder and the garden is not very scenic.

But the bleak scenery does not hinder the dialogue between grandfather and grandson.

"What do you mean by the eldest father, let me live in Xianyang and grant the title of Zhao?" Zhao Si looked at the first emperor with a smile on his face and asked.

"The disciples under you are very capable. Even if you are not in the fiefdom, they can still govern the country. Therefore, you naturally do not need to leave Xianyang and go to Zhao." The First Emperor nodded and said matter-of-factly.

This is true...

Zhang Cang, Xiao He, Cao Shen, Zhou Bo, Fan Kuai...

There are almost top military and political talents... let alone governing the Zhao land. History has proved that these people are talented in managing the country and governing the world. Naturally, there is no need to say more about the gold content of the Peixian Tiantuan.

"In that case..." Zhao Si's eyes lit up.

"Want to suggest that I grant you the title of king from afar?" The First Emperor chuckled.

"While conferring kings, perhaps we can restrict their rights, such as military power, financial power... Should we only give the kings the power to govern?" Zhao Si asked.

"How can we govern a feudal country without rights?" The First Emperor couldn't help laughing when he heard this.

"This is a feudal state. The purpose is to remove the chariots, books, and literature. It is to abolish their writing and customs, and let them use the same coins, the same weights and measures, soldiers, wealth, and power as the Qin Dynasty. Anything less will be lost. It is something that is difficult to accomplish." The First Emperor shook his head.

Fengguo is about doing big things.

The unification that Da Qin has completed so far can only be said to be unification in a literal sense.

That is to say, the unification of territory proposed the follow-up theoretical and practical directions, but Da Qin only went one-tenth of the way on this road and formulated a rough framework.

And just for the people of the world to successfully reach a consensus that they can become people of the same country, write the same characters, and use the same currency, the Han Dynasty could not achieve it until the end of its fate.

What is the difference between a feudal state without rights and the system of counties and counties?

It’s just the governor of Zhoumu who changed his name...

How can this be said about achieving institutional unification faster than feudalism?

Zhao Si scratched his head, suppressed his immature thoughts, and asked another question.

"If my eldest father just wanted me to become the King of Zhao and grant me the land of Zhao, there would be no need to go to such trouble..."

Of course Zhao Si knew why the First Emperor stayed in China. He was by the First Emperor's side, and the First Emperor did not shy away from talking to him about these things.

What makes Zhao Si strange is that if it is just to be crowned king...

The most that can be done is to say hello to Li Si and Wang Jian in private.

With the support of these two people, plus the First Emperor, the matter of conferring the king can be said to be a trivial matter, so why bother with so much trouble?

"There are more than just Li Si and Wang Jian in Nuo Da's court." The First Emperor shook his head.

"As for the title of king?" The First Emperor smiled, but did not continue.

Of course it’s not worth the trouble to be crowned king…

There is no doubt that the crown prince should be established. After all, the position of crown prince of Great Qin has been vacant for too long.

As for the candidates, they have already been determined, and no one except Fusu is qualified.

Even if Fusu was not qualified, just for the sake of Zhao Si, the First Emperor was willing to follow the story of Emperor Zhou and appoint Fusu as the heir apparent simply for Zhao Si.

However, Li Chu had already determined that it was Fusu.

But Zhao Si is not the only child of Fusu.

After all, the First Emperor was much older than Fusu. From the perspective of the First Emperor, he would naturally die earlier than Fusu.

You cannot interfere with matters after death.

Only now can we care.

Li Si and Wang Jian were not young at all, and it was uncertain who would be buried first, or the First Emperor.

Zhao Si may not have many people he can rely on in his future.

Besides, Wang Jian could trust the First Emperor, but Li Si, if the First Emperor really passed away, the First Emperor was really not sure.

How could he not see his subordinate's temptation and Xu Xu's plan?

The same method was used by the First Emperor.

He was indeed overbearing, but he knew that after his death, he would probably no longer be able to interfere and let everything act according to his own will.

Enough chatting...everything is business as usual.

In the blink of an eye, a few days later, it was time for the court meeting.

Of course, it is not a large court meeting involving hundreds of civil and military officials, but a small court meeting twice a month.

The participants are the three public officials and nine ministers, and the important officials of various ministries basically start with two thousand stones.

Leaders of various departments will meet and report work summaries to the First Emperor twice a month.

Upon seeing the ceremony, the ministers stood still one by one and made summary of their work respectively.

The First Emperor reviewed and compared it on the spot to see if there was anything that could not be accommodated in the memorial presented by the Third Duke and what the leaders of the various ministries said.

Just like this process, almost an hour passed.

At the end of the report, the First Emperor nodded and entered the next process.

Now is the time for free discussion. The ministers can put forward any opinions they have. Any requests the Emperor has or any shortcomings he feels they have are generally put forward during this time.

At this stage, some people seem to be unable to bear it anymore, and they are doing nothing more than establishing a reserve.

Only this time, it was the First Emperor who took the lead.

"Now all parts of the world are not yet peaceful. Although the great rebellion in the Yan-Zhao land has been put down, local chaos still occurs frequently. The old land of the Zhao country is fertile and dangerous, and it borders the Donghu Xiongnu. I want to give it up as soon as possible. The old land of the State of Zhao has been stabilized so that the common people here can enjoy farming and laboring in peace. Do you have any good ideas?" asked the First Emperor.

After hearing this, the ministers began to think.

Because Feng Quji was reminded by Wang Wan, he also began to think about the profound meaning of the First Emperor.

Zhao Di? Settle down as soon as possible?

(End of this chapter)