Prime Minister of Great Qin

Chapter 268 Political divide! (Please subscribe)
As the First Emperor left.

The courtiers walked out of the main hall one after another.

Liang Xianggong, Du He and others walked together, chatting and laughing, looking very calm and calm.

Li Si looked at a few people indifferently, without showing any expression, and left straight away. As for Shi Lu, Yu Shide and others, looking at the courtiers who were gradually distanced from each other, they frowned slightly, but did not show any expression. Say nothing more, just keep your head down and leave.

aside.

Zhang Cang, who was wide and fat, walked at the end.

He had clearly seen the situation in the palace, and this was actually expected.

He sighed softly, his eyes full of sorrow.

At this time.

Fusu walked over and said with a smile: "Why is Zhang Yushi sighing? Is it because I helped Su return to Xianyang and did not go to see you?"

heard.

Zhang Cang gave a bitter smile, cupped his hands and said, "Your Highness is joking. The reason why I sigh is because I feel that God is unfair for sending such a vision at this time. After this incident, the court may not be able to have peace for a short time. And Your Highness, you are here" We should be more cautious next time.”

After hearing Zhang Cang's words, Fusu frowned.

He was a little confused and asked: "What does Zhang Yushi mean?"

"Why does this court meeting make Zhang Yushi so trembling? Isn't this a debate about the celestial phenomena? It's just a bit strange. Not many ministers in the Manchu Dynasty talked about this celestial phenomenon, and they didn't give many solutions. Instead, they started arguing about 'theology'."

Zhang Cang raised his forehead slightly.

He looked around carefully and lowered his voice deliberately: "Your Highness, you underestimate this court meeting. This court meeting is no less than the original feudal war between counties and counties, and it is no less than the one when Your Majesty first took power. The battle between kingship and domineering is just that His Highness was in Lingnan, and he was somewhat insensitive to the situation in the DPRK."

"But it's time for Your Highness to pay more attention to it."

"Please ask Yushi Zhang to elaborate." Fusu's face straightened and he quickly asked for advice.

He really didn't take this matter to heart.

When he was in Lingnan, he heard about the Yinghuo Shouxin incident in the world. Apart from being horrified, he was even more worried that the remnants of Guandong would use this to criticize the government, or to incite people's hearts and cause unrest in the world. However, when he returned to Xianyang, it was I found that everyone in the court was calm, as if they didn't take this matter to heart.

So he felt a little at ease.

Now that he heard Zhang Cang's words, he suddenly became alert.

Zhang Cang did not speak.

Instead, he led the way aside and waited for the two of them to reach a secluded place. Then he held his hands again and said, "Just now, people have too many eyesight and it is inconvenient to talk about this matter. That's why I deliberately found a secluded place. Please forgive me, Your Highness." .”

Fusu waved his hand and said, "Why did Zhang Yushi say this?"

"I just asked Yushi Zhang to explain the details clearly to clear up Fusu's confusion."

Zhang Cang nodded and said in a deep voice: "Your Highness, this court meeting is actually about the political opinions of the courtiers."

"And such differences in political opinions, as I said before, have happened twice."

"The earliest time was when His Majesty just took office, but the struggle at that time was between kingship and domineering. Prime Minister Li, who was the Hequling Order at that time, had already come into His Majesty's eyes, so there were subsequent overt and covert struggles in the court. At that time, His Majesty was against the kingship. I still have doubts about the path to domination.”

"I don't know much about that fight, so I can only tell you a little bit."

""Lu's Spring and Autumn Annals" inspires people's hearts."

"If the people are of the same mind, the king will be cautious and must be lenient to the people, which will also stabilize Qin's laws."

"This was the approach of Lu Buwei, the then Prime Minister."

"At that time, Li Si suggested in private that the people had always respected Qin's laws, but were friendly to the lenient government and suspended sentences."

"Which one to choose between reverence and affinity is a decision your Majesty needs to make."

"In the final analysis, it is actually a choice between the kingly way and the hegemonic way. The kingly way respects the people's heart, which is the heart of heaven. If you win the support of the people, you will win the world, while the hegemonic way means to use strong troops to reconcile disputes and to dominate the world with force."

"His Highness is clear about the outcome of that dispute."

"Domineering wins."

"In the next few months, people like Lu Buwei and others became members of his family, and their descendants would never serve as officials in the Qin State. As for Lu Buwei's disciples, all of them were exiled to Bashu, and people like Cai Ze and others were also directly resigned from their posts and retired. Never heard from again.”

"But this is only on the surface."

"This controversy actually continues, and what continues is the expulsion order."

"Lü Buwei was born in Guandong, and he employed a large number of people from Guandong during his reign. Although His Majesty expelled Lu Buwei and his disciples from the court during the first purge, there are still many officials in the court who adhere to Lu Buwei's ideals. So there was an eviction order.”

"Under the order of expulsion and the order of remonstrance and expulsion."

"Many of the Kanto people who occupied the court were cleared."

"Since then, His Majesty has completely taken over power and achieved balance in the court."

"The king and his ministers united as one, and the Qin Dynasty swept through the six kingdoms and unified the world."

"This is the first political divide."

"It ended with Lu Buwei's death, Cai Ze's resignation, Xiong Qi's rebellion, and the death of nearly half of the people from Guandong in the court."

heard.

Fusu looked serious.

This was the first time that he felt the consequences of political differences so intuitively.

Zhang Cang then continued: "As for the second time, it started with the founding of the Qin Dynasty and the feudal war between counties and counties."

"After a long period of fighting, it actually turned into a battle of orthodoxy."

"That's the battle of the roads."

"The battle in the court was between the then court captain Li Si and the then prime minister Wang Wan. For the first time, your majesty single-handedly overcame all the opinions and decided on the county system. In the following years, there were always criticisms in the court. , so there was the court meeting a few years ago."

"In these two battles, Prime Minister Wang Wan lost and has since retired from the court."

"At the same time, a group of veteran ministers also resigned, but on the surface it looked more like Confucianism was in trouble, but in fact it was due to political differences."

"Now it's the third time."

Mentioning this time, Zhang Cang's expression was slightly different. He was a little uncertain and said: "This court meeting was actually a bit sudden, even a bit abrupt. Judging from His Majesty's actions over the years, His Majesty actually never thought about it at all. It caused this dispute, and it was completely unnecessary.”

"What Great Qin has been advocating over the years is to 'correct the virtue of punishment' as its top priority in dealing with disasters, while at the same time not abolishing sacrifices and maintaining reverence for heaven. At present, there are no problems with the path that Great Qin has chosen, and it will not change at all. At that time, the imperial court did not need to go to war so aggressively."

“Just do what you’ve done in the past.”

"But this time His Majesty is uncharacteristically not only taking the initiative to bring things out, but also directly bringing them to light, as if he wants to change the current stable situation. This is really weird."

Zhang Cang scratched his head.

In fact, he didn't understand something.

He could sense that there were problems with the path Da Qin had chosen, but it was not at that point at the moment, let alone that kind of imminent danger. Moreover, Da Qin had so many difficult things to deal with now, and there was no need to stir up new ones. The problem.

He didn't think about it anyway.

He thought about it for a long time in the past few days, and finally found only one reasonable explanation.

Your Majesty is just anxious.

He wanted to completely resolve the discovered worries in the shortest possible time and clear all obstacles for the prince. However, this approach was too sudden and too abrupt. It could easily backfire and cause another turmoil in the court, which was completely outweighing the gains.

Has His Majesty's health deteriorated?
Zhang Cang shook his head.

He didn't think any more about it.Zhang Cang said calmly: "No matter what your Majesty is thinking, the current dispute has been provoked, and it is destined to have a result. Judging from the results of the previous two great disputes, this time will probably be no exception, and it will definitely cause chaos for the court officials." significant changes."

"His Royal Highness is the Crown Prince and has a special status. His words and deeds are extremely influential."

"His Highness used to be close to the Kanto forces headed by the Chu clan. However, most of these forces adhered to the theory of destiny. However, His Highness refuted the theory of destiny in court today. This may lead to further alienation from these officials. .”

"This is actually detrimental to His Highness."

heard.

Fusu was thoughtful.

He had woken up from his previous dazed state.

He said solemnly: "In your opinion, what is your Majesty's intention?"

Zhang Cang smiled bitterly.

How could he guess it?
If he could guess it, he wouldn't be trembling.

And this was also where he was confused.

If His Majesty is really trying to clear the way for Fusu, he definitely should not provoke a dispute at this time. Wouldn't this put Fusu in a dilemma?

Moreover, this is a matter of political opinion, and in politics it is a life-and-death struggle. After this operation, Fusu's voice in the court not only failed to improve, but was further weakened.

Weird and weird!

Moreover, if this matter is not handled well, it can easily cause the court to fall into internal strife. Isn't this causing chaos?

He really couldn't figure it out.

Zhang Cang said: "Your Majesty has thought deeply, how could I have guessed it? But since Your Majesty did this, there must be His Majesty's reason. It's just that we are in the whirlpool of the court. Even if we want to stay out of it, we probably can't."

"but."

Zhang Cang paused for a moment, looked around cautiously, leaned over and approached Fusu, and whispered: "I heard in the past few days that His Majesty left the palace a few days ago. I'm afraid what happened this time will be related to Ji Heng has an inseparable connection. If this is the case, there must be a follow-up, but we will be kept in the dark for a short time and at our mercy."

Zhang Cang's eyes were filled with sighs.

He used to boast that he was very talented.

But in front of Ji Heng, he really had no temper.

He couldn't guess at all, couldn't figure out Ji Heng's thoughts, let alone Ji Heng's calculations. Anyway, when the curtain fell, Ji Heng's plans often succeeded. This was what Zhang Cang admired the most.

heard.

Fusu's heart moved slightly.

He cupped his hands towards Zhang Cang and thanked: "Fusu, thank you so much to Yushi Zhang for reminding me. If Yushi Zhang hadn't reminded me, I might not have taken this court meeting seriously, and I might have really messed up."

"Fusu is grateful."

Zhang Cang quickly stretched out his hand to lift Fusu up and said with a bitter look on his face: "I have already been branded with the name of Your Highness. Everything I did was actually just to protect myself. Please don't punish me."

After hearing Zhang Cang's words, Fusu looked slightly embarrassed.

Zhang Cang's current situation has something to do with him.

Fusu coughed lightly and said with a somewhat unnatural look on his face: "Zhang Cang, I didn't think well about this, but if Ji Heng is really involved, there shouldn't be any problems in this matter. You can relax for the time being."

Zhang Cang nodded.

immediately.

Zhang Cang seemed to have thought of something and whispered: "Your Highness actually needs to pay attention. Because of the Guanshanhai incident, His Highness has already had a dispute with some courtiers. Now he has fallen into political differences. The situation is gradually turning against His Highness."

"But it's just because of political opinions."

"Your Highness can actually observe in secret. Those courtiers have differences with His Highness, and those officials have the same views as His Highness. This is actually a big personnel selection."

heard.

Fusu was thoughtful.

He nodded and said, "I remember."

Zhang Cang nodded, cupped his hands and said, "Since His Highness understands the importance of this, I will not stay any longer. There are still many political matters in the government office that need to be dealt with urgently, so I will leave first."

Zhang Cang bowed respectfully and left directly.

Fusu watched Zhang Cangyuan go.

He stood there, frowning, and said in a serious voice: "If it is as Zhang Cang said, my father and Ji Heng worked together to do this, what is the purpose? At present, there are endless rumors in the city, but the court No targeting was made.”

"It's really strange."

"And I am inexplicably caught up in it now. Is this really what Ji Heng expected?"

Fusu was a little suspicious.

After pondering for a moment, Fusu gave up.

He patted the snowflakes falling on his body and walked directly towards Yong Temple.

the other side.

Zhao Gao walked out from the shade of a tree.

He looked at the empty palace door with a sneer in his eyes.

He smiled evilly and said: "Your Majesty, are you really stupid? Is there really a need to argue about the celestial phenomenon this time? There was still no result after arguing over it. Instead, the court officials were divided into two columns, but it was successful. If it hadn't been for this court meeting, I wouldn't have known who to win over next, but now it's simple and clear."

"Maybe this is God helping me."

"Haha."

Zhao Gao laughed a few times and felt very happy.

In fact, he had been trying to draw the focus to Ji Heng, but Ji Heng's residence was monitored by his attendants and was airtight. He never found a way, but he never expected that Yinghuo Shouxin would appear in the world, and the First Emperor seemed to As if losing his mind, he avoids these celestial phenomena and makes wrong decisions one after another.

a time.

The court officials divided their fields.

Fusu was also directly involved.

Fusu had offended some officials before, and now he had political differences with many officials. This gave him an opportunity. If he could seize this opportunity, he might not be able to win over these people. It may not be possible to bring down Fusu.

immediately.

There was a trace of melancholy in Zhao Gao's eyes.

He had tried to persuade Hu Hai a lot this year, but Hu Hai didn't want to listen to him at all. This made Zhao Gao very angry. He even thought about changing his son, but he gave up the idea as soon as he came up with it. .

He is not familiar with other young masters.

Other young masters may not believe in him either.

If his identity were leaked out, he, a mere eunuch, might be executed on the spot.

Zhao Gao took a deep breath to calm himself down.

He said solemnly: "The reason why Hu Hai refuses now is because the chance is slim. Once there is a chance, I don't believe that he will not be tempted. This is the emperor, the supreme emperor's position."

(End of this chapter)