Prime Minister of Great Qin

Chapter 287 Those who want to govern China must be inclusive! (Please subscribe)
Fusu could tell that Zhang Cang really had a plan.

Zhang Cang's face was solemn. When he saw Fusu's expression, he did not relax at all. Instead, he shook his head seriously and said: "Your Highness, I do have some thoughts, but judging from the situation in which I saw your Majesty, your Highness may not have realized it yet. The seriousness of this incident.”

"Of course I can tell His Highness the solution to this matter, but if His Highness doesn't figure it out, he may suffer big losses in the future."

"Your Highness, please forgive me for a few words."

heard.

Fusu frowned.

He took a deep look at Zhang Cang. He would not blame him, but he was still a little curious in his heart. Could there be something else going on this time?It’s just that from any angle, these things are aimed at yourself, right?

Fusu said, "Please speak, Yushi Zhang. Fusu is listening attentively."

see.

Zhang Cang sighed secretly in his heart.

Fusu's power of insight was still a little weak after all.

But he wasn't easy to say directly.

Moreover, he was able to see so profoundly. In addition to being a disciple of Xunzi, he was deeply influenced by the concept of "human nature is inherently evil". In addition, he was often excluded and targeted in the court in the past, so he also developed the ability to see fire. Otherwise, this I may be like Fusu, and it is difficult to see the seriousness of this incident for a while.

However, he also knew that if he could realize it, how could other courtiers not notice it?

These people are old officials who have experienced the Qin Dynasty's "Four Chariots" and experienced the "Expulsion Order" and the "Remonstrance Expulsion Letter". Their sensitivity to politics is only higher than theirs.

Looking at the heavy Zhang Cang, Fusu felt a chill in his heart.

His body became more humble.

He had rarely seen Zhang Cang be so cautious and serious.

Zhang Cang said: "Since His Highness wants to know more, I should try my best to explain it to His Highness."

"It's just that my political ability is not as good as Mr. Ji's, and I can't guarantee that what I said is correct. I can only try my best to clear up His Highness's doubts."

"This time it's very serious."

"If His Majesty does not handle it well, it will not only affect His Majesty's authority in the court, but also very likely make His Majesty want to abolish the establishment, and it is very likely to affect His Majesty."

After Zhang Can said these words, Fusu's expression suddenly changed.

He exclaimed in shock: "Why did Zhang Yushi say this? Isn't this matter aimed at me? Why is His Majesty still involved?"

"Furthermore."

"Mr. Ji's identity has not been exposed, and it will not affect His Majesty in any way."

Fusu was very puzzled.

Zhang Cang gave a bitter smile, shook his head and said: "Your Highness, you are wrong. If you just look at the surface, you might think that this incident was against Your Highness. But what happened this time was in Xianyang, and the person who caused the trouble was most likely the court. Minister, how could this matter end so easily?"

"Your Highness, you underestimate these courtiers too much."

"and"

Zhang Cang sighed softly, with white hairy sweat overflowing from his forehead, but he still said unhurriedly: "This incident, everyone can obviously see that it is aimed at His Highness, and those who are dissatisfied with His Highness have deep feelings in their hearts." The only ones who are resentful and dissatisfied with the current situation of the court are the court officials. I can see such a simple truth, so what about others?"

"If this time it only involves His Highness, that means enough is enough."

"The only thing that will be affected is His Highness's prestige in the court."

"But it also means that these rebellious courtiers have completely broken up with His Highness. After all, His Highness is the Crown Prince of the Qin Dynasty. For the courtiers to fall out with the Crown Prince. From any point of view, this is not good for the courtiers. These ministers of the Great Qin Dynasty are in court. I have been in the church for many years and am well versed in all kinds of politics. How could I make such an unwise move?"

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Fusu fell silent for a moment.

Yes.

If you just want to target yourself, it would be a bit of a fuss, and it is completely worth the loss. After all, as long as you are not deposed as the crown prince, it is not worth it to the courtiers.

so.
These people's attacks are not intended to embarrass themselves, but to remove themselves from power.

Think of this.

Fusu's face suddenly turned livid.

Seeing Fusu's ugly expression, Zhang Cang knew clearly that Fusu understood what he wanted to express. He said in a deep voice: "Your Highness must have understood. If His Highness is still trying to prevaricate and get rid of this matter, , something is bound to happen."

Fusu nodded.

He no longer dared to take any chances.

Fusu said in a deep voice: "It's just that I still don't know why this matter has such a serious impact."

Zhang Cang shook his head and said with a cold smile: "That's because His Highness noticed this incident too late. It can also be said that these people planned too shrewdly, and they also realized that Your Highness is not good at fighting for power. A plan specially planned for His Highness.”

"Your Highness, does he know why I recited the words in the 'Order to expel guests upon meeting'?"

Fusu shook his head.

He was also very surprised just now, what was Zhang Cang thinking about these things?
Zhang Cang said slowly: "Those words come from the 'Remonstrance and Expulsion of Guests' written by Prime Minister Li that year. But does your Highness know why Prime Minister Li suddenly submitted this 'Remonstrance and Expulsion of Guests'?"

Fusu hesitated for a moment, nodded and said, "I still know something about this matter."

"Because it was discovered that Zheng Guo was working for South Korea and intended to disrupt Qin and weaken Qin, His Majesty was furious and issued an 'Expulsion Order' to banish all foreign scholars and merchants in Qin and Shandong people serving as officials in Qin. Drive him out of Qin."

"Prime Minister Li was also within the scope of 'expelling guests' back then."

"So Prime Minister Li specially wrote the 'Remonstrance and Expulsion Letter', and finally Prime Minister Li's letter was accepted by His Majesty."

"After ten days, the expulsion order was revoked."

Zhang Cang nodded.

He said solemnly: "There is nothing wrong with what Your Highness said, and it was indeed the situation at that time. Due to the affairs of Zheng State, and Lian Lao Ai Lu Buwei, all the people in Shandong were eventually considered to be 'eating Qin's wealth and causing chaos'." After His Majesty abolished the order of expelling guests, many ministers were restored to their posts. Under such circumstances, the Qin Dynasty worked together and finally unified the world."

"but"

"The expulsion order and the remonstrance expulsion letter."

"In this current situation, there is another intention."

"From the current point of view, what happened back then is actually a ridiculous farce. But no matter what the specific intentions and intentions were at the time, the final result, from a certain perspective, actually ended with His Majesty admitting his mistake."

"And that's what these people are trying to bring up."

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Fu Su was stunned for a moment.

He hadn't realized it before, but when Zhang Cang said that it ended with the First Emperor admitting his mistake, he suddenly realized that it was wrong to expel the First Emperor back then, so what about establishing himself as the crown prince?Does that mean it's also wrong?
When he issued the order to expel guests, the First Emperor realized his mistakes and corrected them.

After that, the monarchs and ministers worked together, and the Qin Dynasty became more and more prosperous, and finally unified the world.

Now that I have a bad relationship with the 'guest minister', isn't it true that I am repeating the same mistakes?From this point of view, what he did was undoubtedly wrong. It was impossible for Da Qin to issue another "Expulsion Order". For the sake of the empire being united in the future and for the sake of domestic peace, it was only possible to deal with his own situation, which affected the empire's united efforts. Crown Prince.

Again.

Orders to expel guests and letters of remonstrance and expulsion.

From the current point of view, it has become the best thing in the world.

This undoubtedly gave the First Emperor a step up, so that the First Emperor would not be worried about it.Because everything is for a better Da Qin.

And this is also a test, a test for the First Emperor to depose and establish a crown prince.

Think of this.

Fusu's face turned pale.

He didn't expect it to be so profound.

It is really unexpected.

He was very happy at this moment.

If he hadn't summoned Zhang Cang over, he might not have been able to understand the complexity and severity of it.

And he also deeply realized that his political acumen was so poor that he was not on the same level as these old foxes in the court. Ji Heng had reminded himself of this many times, but he had never realized it. , only when I really fell into these turmoils did I suddenly wake up that my acuity was too poor.

a time.

Fusu was also sweating coldly.

And he finally understood that Ji Heng had always emphasized that the courtiers only respected the prince but did not fear him. The courtiers had always respected his name as the 'Crown Prince' and 'Elder Young Master', and it was not him at all. They had respect for him. They have never been 'fearful', they are only 'fearful' of power.

The reason why I was so comfortable in the court before was that I didn't have too many political conflicts with the courtiers.

Once the core interests of courtiers are touched, they will no longer tolerate it.

It's just that I never realized it before and still used my previous habits to deal with courtiers, which eventually led to this situation. There is also a limit to the courtiers' patience with themselves. Once the limit is exceeded, their counterattack will come. Extremely fast.

Because the courtiers also knew it.

After all, he is the crown prince of the Qin Dynasty. If he is not completely brought down, he will have endless troubles in the future. Therefore, once he takes action, it will definitely be a thunderous force, trying to completely suppress him, but he is still unaware of it.

Even a little disapproving.

Can't help but.

Fusu also looked scared.

He bowed respectfully to Zhang Cang and said respectfully: "Thank you Zhang Qing for your advice. I almost fell into a trap."

He was truly grateful.

During this time, he had been busy with political affairs and learning political skills from Feng Quji, so he had neglected to understand the outside news. Wei Sheng had to tell these news when he came back from a trip, otherwise he might still be kept in the dark. Here, if that time comes and the courtiers attack, I may not be able to withstand it at all.

Even if you manage to cope with it, you will continue to fall into calculations and eventually lose miserably.

The court is a whirlpool, making every step of the way.

He was careless.

He really underestimated the ruthlessness of the courtiers.

However, Fusu also knew in his heart that even if he kept on guarding against them, he might still be unable to guard against them. Compared with these courtiers, he was still too young to play with their scheming and tricks.

And now that the matter has come to this, even if I am angry again, I must first resolve the matter at hand.

Otherwise, the trouble will be endless.

He had a gloomy face, his breathing was a little rough, and he said respectfully: "Please Zhang Qing teach me how to properly handle this crisis."

Zhang Cang bowed deeply and said in a deep voice: "Your Highness has an order, how dare I disobey it?"

"As I said before, this turmoil is deliberately targeting His Highness, and it must have been carefully arranged to make His Majesty lose his dignity. If His Highness is just trying to deal with it, he must have fallen into the lower class, and may even fall. We have fallen into the trap they continue to set, so we must not lead the way for them, we must jump out.”

"Regain the initiative."

"Only in this way can we have a chance to turn defeat into victory."

Zhang Cang stroked his beard and continued: "I said before that this matter, in fact, is divided into two cases, one is against Mr. Ji Hengji, and the other is against His Highness."

"His Highness's affairs are more important at the moment, so I will talk about His Highness's affairs first."

"The current thorny issue for Your Highness is actually that these people have given His Highness the title of 'guest minister'. It is not difficult to solve this matter. Just as Prime Minister Li Si said at the time, 'Those who want to unite China must be accepting.'"

"Your Highness's solution lies in this sentence, you just need to make some changes."

"Change it to 'Those who want to govern China must be inclusive'."

"Don't these people want to use the 'Book of Remonstrance and Expulsion of Guests' to criticize His Highness? Your Highness can also use the 'Book of Remonstrance and Expulsion of Guests' to retaliate."

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Fusu showed hesitation.

He wondered: "I certainly know the meaning of this sentence, but isn't it my 'estrangement' that these people are arguing about? How can I use this sentence to refute them now?"

Zhang Cang laughed and said nonchalantly: "Your Highness, you are on your way."

"Do they mean what they say?"

"In the age of great strife in the Zhou Dynasty, Confucianism, Mohism, Taoism, and Legalism, the four schools of thought continued to argue, but can the real winner be determined in the end?"

"Nothing."

"A lot of arguments end up being about other things."

"This is the way of sophistry!"

"I studied under Xunzi, and I also followed him in talking with the Confucian scholars, so I also have some experience in this way. The most taboo thing in arguing is to fall into the other party's words, so don't follow other people's words easily, and don't Really insist on answering and defending, because if you can't explain clearly, you can't understand."

"So the real art of argument is that you argue for yours and I argue for mine."

"They say that Your Highness is alienating 'guests'."

"Then, Your Highness, you will kill yourself for not alienating the 'guests', and you will also greatly appreciate the 'guests'."

"No matter what the other party accuses, Your Highness should not admit it."

"All rejected."

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Fusu's face showed a strange expression.

But he didn't expect that Zhang Cang's solution would be this.

Moreover, when Zhang Cang talked about the art of debate, his expression was very excited, his eyebrows were dancing, and he was in high spirits, as if he had returned to his school days, following Xunzi's rhetorical battles with the Confucian scholars.

Zhang Cang chuckled and said quite contentedly: "I know that His Highness may have doubts in his heart."

"But that's the best way to go about it."

"Because His Highness doesn't know what they will do next, nor what plot is hidden in their words, so he just refuses to admit it. As long as Your Highness is willing to admit it, there will be nothing they can do to you, Your Highness."

"And His Highness also fully agrees with the saying 'Heiner is the foundation'."

"And praised it greatly."

"Because what Your Highness does is to govern China."

"The vastness of heaven and earth, and the vastness of governance, how can they be limited to what is in front of us?"

(End of this chapter)