Prime Minister of Great Qin

Hearing Fusu's anxious voice, Ying Sinian didn't dare to waste any time and hurriedly ran to open the door.

Fusu entered the courtyard with a quick stride.

He looked at Ji Heng, bowed respectfully and said, "Sir, please take action to save Hu Hai."

Ji Heng's face remained as usual and he said calmly: "What happened to Hu Hai?"

Fusu looked solemn and sighed: "There is no one else here, so I will tell you the truth."

"Today, Zhao Gao and others created a commotion in Zhangtai Palace. They intended to attack His Majesty and planned to ambush me on the road. However, their deeds had been exposed before. Your Majesty noticed it and made arrangements early, but in the end they failed."

"But it happened."

"In his anger, His Majesty also blamed everyone."

"And this Zhao Gao has always been in the name of Hu Hai. Now that the emperor has sentenced Hu Hai to death, he will not allow anyone to plead for mercy. Once the accomplices of Lieutenant General Zhao Gao and others are found out, Hu Hai will be punished. Put to death together."

"I have begged for mercy in front of His Majesty for a long time today, but His Majesty did not listen to me at all."

"There is nothing I can do at the moment, so please help me sir."

Fusu spoke quickly.

In a few words, he told in detail what happened in Zhangtai Palace today.

Hear the words.

Ying Sinian opened his mouth slightly, his eyes full of disbelief.

Someone dared to harm the First Emperor. Is Zhao Gao crazy?

Ji Heng raised his eyebrows slightly.

He glanced at Fusu indifferently, his expression seemed very calm, and said in a deep voice: "Actually, this matter is very easy to foresee."

"The change of power in the court will definitely make the old forces dissatisfied. The Qin Dynasty is newly established, and the group of heroes is powerful. These people will not be willing to leave. Compared with other ministers, at least they have gained a respect. However, Zhao Gao and others are obviously If you have suffered an 'injustice', you will naturally want to risk your life."

"I have reminded Hu Hai in the past."

"Zhao Gao has hidden evil intentions and is not a trustworthy person."

"only."

"He thought about the many years of getting along day and night, and the Chun Chun help Zhao Gao gave him in the past, so he didn't completely sever ties with Zhao Gao, which led to this disaster."

"When it is broken, it will be disrupted."

"Hu Hai has reaped the consequences this time."

Fusu smiled bitterly.

Now that things have come to this, what can be done?

Now the First Emperor has become murderous. Once the First Emperor makes up his mind, it cannot be changed by ordinary people. Now Li Si has been ignored. The doctor's order, Feng Jie, is also under supervision, as well as other ministers in the court. Many of them are under supervision this time. They were all affected by the incident, and they were all unable to protect themselves and did not dare to speak out to dissuade them.

Although he was the crown prince, he was completely insignificant in the heart of the First Emperor.

There was no way he could get the First Emperor to let go.

thus.

Only then did he find Ji Heng.

I want Ji Heng to give me an idea.

Ji Heng looked at Fusu, half-smiling but not smiling: "Do you want Hu Hai to die?"

Fusu shook his head and said with a serious face: "Fusu has never thought of letting Hu Hai die. I am the elder brother and Hu Hai is the younger brother. How can we kill each other? It is a taboo for brothers to fight against each other. No matter how ruthless I am, Fusu It’s unjust and I would never do such a thing.”

Ji Heng shook his head and said coldly: "He used to compete with you for the throne."

Fusu said in a deep voice: "Mr. Ji's words are wrong. The candidate for the throne was appointed by the emperor. How can we brothers win? And if the father chooses Hu Hai, I, Fusu, will have no resentment either. Maybe in the eyes of the emperor , I, Fusu, cannot compare to Hu Hai, how can I blame him?"

Ji Heng smiled and said noncommittally: "Then if Hu Hai takes the throne, will he kill you immediately?"

Fusu was stunned for a moment, looked at Ji Heng with eyes filled with doubts and confusion, and said in a solemn voice: "Sir, why do you say this?"

"I said that after Hu Hai takes the throne, he will kill you immediately."

"What's the reason for this?" Fusu was confused.

Ji Heng sneered and said indifferently: "Because you are a threat to him."

"Without my help, this world should belong to Hu Hai, and you will still be hated by the First Emperor, but you are the eldest son, and this 'eldest son' has attracted a large number of fans in the court for you, Hu Hai You are young and do not have enough prestige in the court. If you are alive, you are too much of a threat to him, so when he takes the throne, he will definitely kill you."

Fusu's expression changed.

In the end, he fell silent.

"Do you still want to save Hu Hai now?" Ji Heng said coldly.

Fusu breathed heavily, then gradually calmed down, and gritted his teeth firmly and said: "If you want to save, I am your brother. If you don't save him, if this spreads out, how can the Great Qin royal family have any face? If you only have profit and power in your heart, If you have no family affection and are so indifferent, how can you let the world follow you?"

"Even if Hu Hai wants to kill me, I will still save him."

"This is my duty as an older brother."

"What if Hu Hai wants to kill other brothers?" Ji Heng asked again.

Fusu looked at Ji Heng with a surprised look. He didn't know why Ji Heng would ask such a question, and said in a serious voice: "Sir, why do you think Hu Hai is such a person? My brothers and I do not interact that frequently in private, but we are not at odds with each other. For the sake of Qiu Yu, we won’t go to the point of life and death, right?”

"What if I say Hu Hai is such a person?" Ji Heng said with a smile.

"Impossible." Fusu denied directly.

He simply didn't believe that he could be so heartless.

"I said, he is!" Ji Heng said, "Will you brothers still save him?"

Fusu hesitated for a moment.

Ying Si Nian didn't dare to breathe at this moment.

It was also the first time that he saw the master being so aggressive.

a long time.

Fusu took a deep breath, with a ferocious look on his face, and finally nodded firmly: "We still want to save him. Hu Hai has never done such a thing at the moment. Even if he does such a thing in the future, I will help him." Su still wants to save him, because I am their elder brother, and if I refuse to save him, I will be in vain as a brother."

Ji Heng looked at Fusu with a smile on his lips.

He nodded and said: "Since you are determined to save, then go ahead and save him."

"It's nothing more than paying some price."

"What price?" "Your position as Crown Prince." Ji Heng said.

Fusu's face darkened, he nodded and said, "I'm afraid His Majesty still won't agree."

"Then kneel until the First Emperor agrees. If you can't kneel by yourself, then call other young masters. If that's not enough, then call other princesses or juniors. As long as there are enough people kneeling, there are enough people to kneel. The First Emperor had nowhere to vent his anger, so he naturally calmed down at that time." Ji Heng said with a smile.

Fusu was stunned for a moment.

Is this idea really useful?

If joining forces to plead for mercy is effective, this matter will be easily handled.

Ji Heng seemed to have guessed Fusu's thoughts, and said with a smile: "I asked you to join forces to plead for mercy, just to make the First Emperor calm down. After calming down, you can clarify the pros and cons with the First Emperor. Otherwise, the First Emperor's current vigilance will be ignored by you. Talk about it, no matter how much you talk, it will have no effect."

“If you don’t believe it, you don’t believe it.”

“If you don’t listen, you don’t listen.”

"At the last moment of his life, the emperor was worried that he would be killed by others, especially the example of King Zhao Wuling before him, and the First Emperor was even more taboo about it."

"The more you oppose it, the more it will make the First Emperor feel that he has lost his prestige."

"He will also become more determined in his decision."

"I will also be more wary of you."

"Once suspicion arises, it is difficult to eliminate it."

"So normal advice has no effect at this moment."

"It will only make the First Emperor think that you are forcing him, and then force him to give in, and then force him to submit. This is completely unacceptable for an emperor who was so majestic for a while."

"So we can't use conventional methods to persuade."

"Only with family affection."

"The most ruthless imperial family."

"Emperors have no feelings and cannot have feelings."

"But the emperor has feelings for this empire."

"Pricide!"

"For the First Emperor, it is nothing."

"After all, the First Emperor has long had the reputation of imprisoning his mother and killing his younger brother."

"However, that was the time of the Qin Kingdom, and now it is a new dynasty, a new Qin. If the founding emperor resolutely kills his son, and you, the elder brother, resolutely 'kill his younger brother', who of the future monarchs of the Qin Dynasty can bear this price?"

"Who will pay the price?"

“What goes up leads to results.”

"If this kind of behavior becomes common and is imitated by future emperors of the Qin Dynasty, will there be peace in the Qin Dynasty in the future?"

Fusu's face was filled with fear.

If Great Qin had set a precedent for killing sons.

In the future, other emperors may no longer have any worries.

Because this was not done by myself alone.

But it was done first by the king first.

What the First Emperor could do, but later emperors couldn’t do?

Fusu shook his head quickly and said with firm eyes: "This precedent must not be set. Once it is set, wouldn't Great Qin's internal affairs collapse? How can Great Qin be peaceful?"

Ji Heng looked at Fusu and said no more.

He said everything he needed to say.

See this.

Fusu also understood.

Ji Heng told himself the method.

If you want to persuade the First Emperor who is angry, you cannot use ordinary methods of persuasion.

That would be counterproductive.

It would even make the First Emperor feel threatened, and then he would become more determined to kill people.

So we can only use other methods, such as family ties.

Through the brothers joining forces to plead for mercy, the First Emperor was allowed to relax in the form of brotherly love, and then the father and son could calm down and communicate, and then through a certain amount of 'alarmism', the First Emperor was allowed to re-examine his decision, and finally the First Emperor was allowed to voluntarily give up the execution. Kill Hu Hai.

This could only make the First Emperor give up on his own initiative.

rather than being persuaded to give up.

Fusu cupped his hands and said, "Thank you sir for your advice. Fusu understands."

"Fusu will go back and make arrangements now."

Done.

Fusu hurriedly walked outside the courtyard.

Just when he was about to walk out of the courtyard, Fusu stopped again.

Without turning around, he asked: "Sir, what you just asked is, if Hu Hai takes the throne, will he really kill all his brothers?"

Ji Heng said: "If you were Hu Hai at that time, what would you do?"

"How did Cheng Yu do it back then?"

"Do you really think the First Emperor is really angry all the time?"

Fusu looked slightly sluggish.

Finally, he walked away directly.

Ying Si Nian looked at his father's leaving figure suspiciously, then looked back at Ji Heng, who had an indifferent expression, and frowned slightly. He didn't understand the meaning of the last few words the master said. Did Grandpa Huang mean it? Do you have other thoughts?

Ji Heng did not give him an answer.

He just raised his head and looked at the endless night sky. (End of chapter)