Prime Minister of Great Qin

The next day.

Before dawn, the cicadas are already chirping.

Ying Zheng did not return to Zhangtai Palace to rest, but slept directly in Xianyang Palace.

now.

Outside the main hall.

Fusu's figure appeared.

He looked at the quiet hall, bowed slightly towards Zong Zheng, who had been awake all night, and said, "I was sorry for bothering Zong Zheng last night."

Ying Ben said calmly: "Your Highness is worrying too much. Your Majesty is very angry now and has just fallen asleep. Your Highness should not be disturbed."

Fusu nodded and said in a deep voice: "Zongzheng has good intentions. Fusu will not disturb my father. Fusu is waiting outside the palace. Please give Zongzheng some trouble. If my father wakes up, please tell me the news of Fusu's arrival." Report to Father."

"If the father is missing, Zong Zheng should not be embarrassed."

"Thank you Fusu."

Fusu bowed respectfully to Zong Zheng.

Ying Ben glanced at Fusu blankly, sighed softly, and nodded.

then.

Ying Ben returned to the palace.

Fusu knelt down outside the hall with a respectful expression.

Three poles in the sun.

The weather has gradually warmed up in July.

The scorching sun rises in the east, bringing a scorching heat to the entire land.

Most of Fusu's body was exposed to the sun, but Fusu remained unmoved.

Zong Zheng never came out.

No one was sent to make any noise.

Inside the palace.

Ying Zheng had already woken up.

Daily political affairs have begun.

As he regained his power, and took over it directly, taking over all Li Si's political dignitaries, he had to deal with too many things every day, and he had not had such a day and night for a long time.

Although his body was a little overwhelmed, only in the face of Gao Gaoshu could Ying Zheng find some peace in his heart.

I don’t know how much time has passed.

Ying Zheng did not raise his head, but asked indifferently: "Isn't Fusu leaving yet?"

Ying Ben cupped his hands and said, "Return to your majesty, I haven't."

"His Royal Highness has been waiting outside the palace since the rooster crows, and specifically told the minister not to disturb your Majesty if he is not awake and has not been summoned by you."

"Your Highness is sincere."

Hear the words.

Ying Zheng disagreed and continued to deal with the memorial.

He ignored Ying Ben's remarks at all. Since Fusu wanted to wait, then just wait.

See this.

Ying Ben smiled bitterly.

Now His Majesty is obviously still angry.

Fusu wanted to use this opportunity to be summoned by His Majesty, but he was afraid that he had made the wrong idea.

However, although he is an upright person, it is not easy for him to interfere in His Majesty's family affairs, let alone his inconvenience.

Da Qin Zongzheng.

What we have to do is to stand firmly on His Majesty's side.

Right or wrong.

At noon, the sun is shining brightly.

The Blazing Golden Crow hangs high in the sky, spreading the golden heat all over the sky, and the ground is hot. Fusu is covered in sweat, and sweat is also shed on his forehead and neck. Under the blazing sun, The sweat that just appeared evaporated into balls of hot steam on the top of my head.

Fusu allowed the sweat to drip.

One morning, outside Xianyang Palace, officials and attendants were coming in and out from time to time, and people were looking at him from time to time. Fusu did not move even an inch, still waiting firmly.

The news that Fusu had erected a pillar outside the palace soon spread throughout the palace.

It fell into the ears of the princes and princesses.

After hearing the news, everyone had different expressions.

Some looked dim, some sighed, some shook their heads secretly, and some remained silent.

finally.

The princes and princesses went outside the palace one after another.

Seeing Fusu still kneeling outside, his body still upright, there was a hint of complexity and admiration in his eyes.

The young master stood outside the palace and said loudly: "My son, I would like to see your majesty."

"Your Majesty, please spare Hu Hai the death penalty."

General Lu stood behind Young Master Gao and also said loudly: "My son, General Lu, would like to see Your Majesty."

"Your Majesty, please spare Hu Hai the death penalty."

"My son is honored and honored."

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Suddenly there were more than a dozen sounds outside the hall.

They were all begging for mercy for Hu Hai.

More than twenty young masters and princesses who were still in the palace were kneeling outside the palace at this moment.

The voice outside the hall was solemn.

Every word fell into the hall.

It also fell into the ears of Ying Zheng.

Ying Zheng's face darkened, and he was angry and angry. What made him angry was that his children all chose to disobey him, just for Hu Hai, who wanted to kill his father?

So many years have passed.

Has he ever seen these people so united?

Young Master Gao, Young Master Jiang Lu and others were on guard day and night, careful in their words and deeds, for fear that they themselves would make mistakes, causing dissatisfaction among all parties, and eventually causing disaster.

They were also worried that their daily actions would arouse the vigilance of Fu Su and Hu Hai and make people mistakenly think that they were competing for the throne, so they always stayed in the prince's school and did not dare to step out easily.

If it weren't for a big court meeting, he would never even take the initiative to attend, just to avoid all troubles.

But now it has changed.

Everyone stood up.

They all stood against themselves.

Pleading for a Hu Hai.

They are all familiar with the laws and regulations, do they really not know what they are doing?

Ying Ben glanced at the First Emperor imperceptibly, then quickly looked away, sighing in his heart.

The First Emperor was indeed angry.

But there may not be joy in my heart.

As a king and an emperor, this kind of behavior is indeed abhorrent, but as a father, who doesn't want his family to be united? Brothers and sisters working together?

Even if there are daily stumbling blocks, the royal family can always be united in the face of major events. Isn't this the reason why Da Qin can persevere for a long time?

Ying Ben cupped his hands and said: "Your Majesty, Your Highness has been standing outside the palace for several hours. The weather outside the palace is very high and Your Highness has been exposed to the sun. I am worried that His Highness's body may not be able to survive. I would like to ask Your Highness and the other young masters to retreat." Or maybe summoned to the palace?"

Ying Ben asked tentatively.

Ying Zheng glanced at Ying Bi coldly and snorted: "Since they want to kneel and show off, then let them do it."

"When they can't bear it anymore, they will naturally go back."

Ying Ben opened his mouth, but did not dare to persuade him any more.

Ying Zheng asked Ying Ben to prepare food for him.

He continued to work on the memorial at his desk.

Such high-intensity processing of memorials is really too much for the First Emperor's current body.

Seeing Ying Ben leaving, Ying Zheng lay directly on the case and began to close his eyes to rest. Ying Zheng was a little tired, and his thoughts gradually fell into chaos. He saw the future scene before his eyes like a dream. --——

This was a scene he had dreamed about.

I don't know when, but I ended up like Qi Henggong Jiang Xiaobai. He was unable to leave the palace before his death, and huge turmoil occurred behind him.

And this scene is so similar to the previous days.

If you don't notice it yourself.

This future scene may actually happen.

Zhao Gao's calculation is indeed very crude and easy for others to see through, but Zhao Tuo can't see such a crude truth? Can't Li Si see it? Can’t Yu Shi De, Zhao Cheng, Hu Wujing and others see it?

They can all see it.

But they all turned a blind eye.

Because as long as he is really dead, will Li Si really be so determined? If he really colluded with Zhao Gao and usurped the imperial edict, Zhao Tuo and others would have a good reputation. When the thunderous attack came, how could Fusu be able to withstand it?

Fusu died.

How could the court have any objections?

At that time, the world will really fall into the plot of Zhao Gao and others.

What can he do?

immediately.

He thought of Li Xin and Meng Tian.

In the end, I couldn't help but shake my head.

After all, they couldn't compare to Wang Ben.

Thinking of the trap that Qin would fall into if he was confused and careless, even if he was as resolute as the First Emperor, he couldn't help but feel uncomfortable.

And this also strengthened Ying Zheng's determination to cut Zhao Gao in half.

These traitors must die!

In a trance.

The sound of reading sounded again in his ears.

These voices are very young and very clear. For his more than a dozen sons and more than a dozen daughters, he has very little time to personally supervise and teach them. It can be said that he has never met most of them.

He couldn't even name some of his children, couldn't remember their faces, let alone the academic talents of most of them.

He had so much to do in the past.

There is no time in the palace at all. According to the laws of the Ying family, at the end of each quarter, the chief of the carriages and concubines will report to the monarch all the conditions of the princes and princesses.

This was the situation during the Qin Dynasty.

Since the founding of the empire, the royal laws have undergone tremendous changes.

He did not establish a queen. To some extent, he wanted to abolish the queen system. In fact, he also naturally abolished the concubine system. His original intention was to select the best among the many princes as his heir, but his idea also directly led to Changes in the order of the harem.

The most complicated thing about the harem is that there is no mother in charge of the harem, and it cannot have the same authority as the queens and empresses in the past.

As a result, the royal harem, which had always been a self-contained system, no longer became the most exclusive closed world, but was integrated into the imperial city control system - affairs, personnel, salaries, etc. were all under the jurisdiction of the imperial city system.

His large group of wives and children were under the joint jurisdiction of the Crown Prince Fu's Office and Zong Zheng's Office.

The education of the prince and princess belongs to the Crown Prince Fu, and all other related matters are under the jurisdiction of the Zongzheng Mansion.

He was delighted at first.

However, after what happened this time, he discovered a problem.

In fact, this change broke the stable tradition of the king's harem for thousands of years and brought great chaos to the entire Qin Dynasty.

The words and deeds of the emperor's large group of women in the harem are no longer scrutinized in the past, and it is difficult to get effective sanctions for their mistakes.

It is also difficult for the eunuchs in the chamber of maids to receive supervision and inspection.

Although Lang Zhongling and Zong Zhengfu are nominally responsible for it, when it comes to the inside of the palace, it is difficult for Lang Zhongling and Zong Zhengfu to intervene, especially the imperial city agencies and the royal family agencies. There is a huge difference between the two. Mutual supervision is simply not feasible.

This resulted in a huge loss of power in the palace.

Under the laws of the Great Qin Dynasty, there was an order of superiority and inferiority, but under the existing court order of the Great Qin Dynasty, there was no distinction between the status of concubines and concubines in the harem of the Great Qin Dynasty.

The only difference was whether they were close to the emperor or not. This also resulted in eunuchs such as Zhao Gao having to constantly curry favor with the emperor in order to maintain their power in the palace.

As long as you can be close to the emperor, no matter what mistakes you make or how big the crime you commit, no one will pursue it, and no one will dare to pursue it.

And it's not just the eunuchs, the women in the palace will also try their best to share the same bed, and so on.

And this is also the reason why Zhao Gao dares to be evil.

Only the emperor theory.

Ying Zheng's eyes darkened.

He already knew what was wrong.

They only think about change, but not about creating something new.

This would only plunge the Qin court into endless chaos and turmoil.

at the same time.

It will also aggravate all kinds of conflicts between children.

Ying Zheng looked out of the hall with deep eyes, his thoughts already falling on his two sons.

The eldest son Fusu and the youngest son Hu Hai.

He still vaguely remembered the appearance of Fusu's mother, who was beautiful, intelligent, bright and gentle.

Unfortunately, Fusu's mother died of a cold a few years after giving birth to her first son.

At that time, Fusu was still very young and ignorant, and was still learning to speak in the prince's academy. At that time, Fusu was babbling by the pool and reading "Poetry", and he heard two sentences.

There are fusu in the mountains and lotus flowers in the hills.

With emotion, he named his eldest son Fusu.

Those who support Su are small trees.

The hills are covered with small trees, and the depressions are covered with lotus flowers.

And just like the poem in "Poetry Zheng Feng", the son slowly grew up like a small tree. His majestic body, bright temperament, and extremely high talent all resembled himself. For this reason, he was still very fond of himself. I felt relieved for a while.

But his only shortcoming for Fusu is that Fusu is too generous and kind.

Naturally, for the children of ordinary subjects, generosity and kindness are by no means lacking.

However, for a person who may become a monarch, generosity is somewhat unsettling. However, among the more than 20 children, the one with the most equipment and the most prestigious in both the government and the public is undoubtedly Fusu.

For this reason, Ying Zheng is generally satisfied.

Apart from Fusu, among his many children, Hu Hai is the one he is most familiar with.

He could no longer remember whether Hu Hai's biological mother was Hu's daughter, nor could he remember how Hu Hai got his name.

The only thing he remembered was that this young boy had a ridiculous problem since he was a child. He was shrewd on the outside but chaotic on the inside. He often spoke a few decent words with a high voice, but if you look closely, you will find that Hu Hai's eyes are It was a blur of chaos, and I had no idea what it meant or why.

I don’t know the meaning of reading, I don’t know the way of military affairs, I don’t understand the words, but I talk loudly, which always makes people feel that the heart is wrong.

But because of this, Hu Hai brought him a lot of fun.

Among his many children, he also liked Hu Hai the most.

Just now

With the Zhangtai Palace Incident, everything changed.

Everything is different.

Hu Hai, who was originally vivid and like a living treasure, finally became more calculating and ambitious, and was no longer as confused as before. As Fusu's wings grew, he also had various thoughts and ideas.

It’s always different.

However, thinking that Fusu and other brothers were still willing to speak out for Hu Hai at this time, Ying Zheng was also quite pleased.

When the order in the harem is lost and everything is full of chaos, it is really rare for his children to still be united as one.

Thinking of this.

Ying Zheng's depressed mood eased a lot.

At this time.

Ying Ben came in carrying a copper plate.

The copper plate contained porridge and side dishes, but now his body could no longer eat the big meat.

Ying Zheng asked the eunuch to present the copper plate.

Ying Ben said with some distress: "Your Majesty, His Highness' body seems to be overwhelmed. Why don't we ask His Highness to retreat, or let Him rest in the shade for a while."

Ying Zheng's eyes darkened and he said coldly: "No, since they like to bask in the sun, let them do it."

Ying Zheng was not moved at all.

See this.

Ying Ben looked bitter.

Ying Zheng ate very slowly, chewing his food carefully.

After eating half of the food on the plate, he stopped, put the copper plate aside, and continued to read the memorial.

It seemed that Fusu and the others were not at ease at all.

outside the temple.

Fusu's body was shaky.

He could no longer kneel on his knees, his face was even redder, sweat was pouring from his forehead, and his whole body was burning hot. He was breathing heavily, and his eyes were even a little blurry, with a hint of trance.

Young Master Gao and others are not doing well either.

But seeing Fusu persisting, he also persisted.

Fusu pinched his thigh vigorously with his hands. A burst of pain made him feel excited, and he straightened his back again.

He cannot fall.

If he fell, Hu Hai would probably die.

As Ji Heng said, Great Qin could not bear the price of 'killing his son'. Once this precedent was set, how could the entire court stop in the future? At that time, there will be frequent internal disputes, and situations where brothers are at odds with each other and are enemies of each other will continue to happen.

Da Qin couldn't afford it.

As the eldest son of the First Emperor and brother Fusu, he asked him to sit back and do nothing.

He can't.

Even if my father has resentment and anger in his heart.

He also had to persuade.

It is related to the stability of Daqin, and he has no shirk of responsibility.

I don’t know how much time had passed, but Fusu’s eyes were already getting dark.

My body could no longer hold up at all.

The head keeps drooping.

But every time he raised his head stubbornly, he still refused to let his head fall down.

Just when Fusu raised his head again, a figure suddenly appeared in front of him. Seeing this figure, Fusu became very energetic. He straightened his waist again and said loudly: "My son, Fusu, I beg you, father." The emperor gives Hu Hai a way out."

However, no response was received.

This figure didn't even look at him and walked away directly.

Ying Zheng's steps were slow.

Step by step, we reached the corridor.

The gentle breeze blows gently on your face, refreshing you.

In the hot summer of July, the sky is blue, and cicadas chirp continuously during the day. As people approach, the chirping suddenly becomes quieter, and as people move away, the chirping becomes louder again. Ying Zheng feels the temperature of the scorching sun, My body, which was originally a little chilly, became a little warmer under the rays of the sun.

Ying Zheng stopped outside the corridor and breathed out a few long and slow breaths.

For a while.

I even feel much healthier.

He glanced at the high-hanging sun and couldn't help but sigh.

Turned around and walked back.

finally.

He stopped outside Xianyang Palace.

The Golden Crow moved westward, and the dark shadow of the tall palace, coupled with the thick figure of the First Emperor, tightly protected the more than 20 children behind him, preventing the scorching sun from burning them any further.

Feeling the changes around him, Fusu looked back blankly.

I saw the First Emperor standing with his hands behind his back, his back facing everyone.

"Father."

Fusu felt sour and hot in his heart.

Ying Zheng stretched out his hand, felt the sunlight, and said indifferently: "The sun is not that scorching. You can't hold on anymore. If you don't even have the perseverance to persist, why do you think I want to listen to your advice? "

"Is it because you have a large number of people? And I am alone?"

Ying Zheng turned around.

The scorching sun shone on Ying Zheng, emitting a dazzling light.

It made Fusu and others unable to open their eyes. (End of chapter)