My son, Fusu, please abdicate the first emperor!

Chapter 169: Bet on yourself as destiny (please reward me with monthly tickets!)
"But I'm afraid that no one is taking care of me in this palace. When I come back, things will have changed."

Xiong Qi chuckled, "The prince is too sad for the spring and the autumn. When attacking the Chu Kingdom, even if the prince supplies food and grass from the rear, the prince is a prince and can always come back once a year, so why worry about the palace? Where are the people.”

"They are just servants, eunuchs, and guards. There is nothing to look after."

Xiong Qi poured himself tea again nonchalantly, he was in high spirits.

Fusu looked at Xiong Qi who was calm and composed in front of him, and showed no restraints in his words and deeds. Fusu had an inexplicable liking for Xiong Qi.

In the palace, the most important thing is etiquette and rules.

Etiquette itself is nothing, just bowing and bowing, but the fundamental purpose of these regulations is to always remind who is doing the bowing and who is being greeted.

Everyone treats you as the most special and unique.

As time goes by, I feel that I am special and the most unique.

Heaven and earth, I am the only one.

Changping-jun is different. This is one of his advantages. He has a high status and often doesn't worry about getting along with him. He is much more comfortable talking and talking with him than with other people.

At least, he can show his true temperament in front of him, which is very rare compared to Guan Fu, who has been slowly tamed by the rules of the palace.

"I am a nostalgic person. I am afraid that when I come back, there will be fewer guards and eunuchs in the palace."

In fact, there are still many people in Yuyang Palace who are flattering themselves and telling them some news about Zhangtai Palace.

It’s just that I can’t tell at all which one of them is really trusting me, and who is using confidential information to deceive me into trusting me.

On the contrary, these subordinate officials given to him by Ying Zheng were all genuine deputies who had been around Ying Zheng in the past, and now they were able to talk to Zhao Gao, the commander of CRRC.

Xiong Qi looked at Fusu. What did this guy mean? After he left, his subordinates would be replaced or killed?
"The prince is nostalgic for old friendship. This is a good thing. But the prince is a prince. Is there anyone in the palace who dares to attack the prince's palace?"

Xiong Qi said, then raised his head and laughed, "This is not a big deal. Besides, there is a king and a queen in this palace. Who can make the palace less crowded? The prince is worrying too much."

Xiong Qi said falsely.

They were all people in high positions, so it was easy for Xiong Qi to know what Fusu was referring to.

This boy lacks close confidants and is in the palace, making it inconvenient for him to do things.

Xiong Qi looked careless, drank a few more cups of tea, and discussed strange things in the world with Fusu.

Speaking of the knights of Yan and Zhao, the Yin and Yang family of Chu, and the Confucian scholars of Qi.

After chatting for a long time, Xiong Qi drove out of the palace.

Sitting in the carriage, Xiong Qi carefully considered every word the prince said.The prince was definitely hinting at what he was doing.

Do you want to send two helpers to the prince?
Impossible. The relationship between the king and the prince is solid. If he dares to do this, Ying Zheng will be angry and want to kill him.

But this guy Fusu is really good.

There is a father like the king who is so greedy for power, and there is a mother like the queen who is indifferent to power.

It's hard for him to survive alone for so many years.

How could I forget that the position of prince is never easy to sit on.So he always remembered his uncle.

Xiong Qi felt the prince's weakness. He was bound and needed someone to loosen his bonds.

Xiong Qi sat on the carriage, his body straight again.

He finally had something to do again.
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On the other side, Zhao Gao was waiting in front of the paper mill. He was sitting indoors holding a short whip.

The eunuch under his command was counting the papers.

Listening to the rustling sound of paper and looking at the slippery yellow paper, Zhao Gao secretly admired that Prince Fusu's wonderful idea really worked, and he fell into reverie again.

The prince got the biggest helper outside the palace, Lord Changping, and now he is actively preparing to participate in the war against Chu.

Zhao Gao became increasingly restless.

Obviously, the prince is suspected of treason.

But I can't tell the king clearly about this. Once I do, the king will think that I am driving a wedge between the king and the prince.

Moreover, given the prince's status in the king's mind and the prince's shameless energy, the king would never believe that the prince would do anything detrimental to him.

On the contrary, I was caught between the king, the prince, and the queen, and it was hard for me no matter how I looked at it.

If you use the king to hurt the queen and the prince, the king will react and kill you.

The prince already knew that he was secretly driving a wedge between the king and the queen. With his personality, he must have wanted to get rid of him quickly.

But he never took action.

A dog that doesn't bark will bite.

There were lines on Zhao Gao's forehead. Could it be that his good days were about to end.

Or, he pushed the prince and asked him to leave the palace first. When the prince comes back, once he sends troops, it will take as little as a year.

If a man as capable as him comes back victorious, the king will be afraid of him.

Yes, the king will definitely do this.The king is such a person.

And if the prince loses, wouldn't it be better?From then on, the prince could no longer be proud in front of the king, and such a major event as a defeat would be recorded in the history books by the historian. It was not certain whether the prince would dare to come back by then.

His majesty and credibility have been ruined, and the king will no longer be proud of him, but will be ashamed of him.

And if the prince is really defeated, it will become a wrong decision made by the king during his reign.

From now on, the king will hate the prince.

Zhao Gao figured out that as long as the prince went to war, no matter whether he won or lost, the situation would be more favorable to him.

The eunuchs had already sorted the papers, but they saw that Zhao Gao was thinking about something in a daze.They didn't dare to remind him, they just stood aside cautiously, fearing to interrupt Zhao Gao and others' subsequent whipping to offend him.

Zhao Gao laughed out loud.

I'm so smart!
The prince is smart, but I, Zhao Gao, can become the official of CRRC only because of my resourcefulness.

Zhao Gao looked at the group of people below and said, "You have done a good job today. Each of you will be rewarded with a gold. The eunuch will come to collect the reward from me later."

Only then did everyone's anxious hearts fall to the ground, and everyone thanked them one after another.

After Zhao Gao left, everyone in the workshops began to curse and complain.

"This Zhao Gao looks down on others. As an official of the CRRC, he is so arrogant and domineering. I have also met the prime minister and the prince, and no one in a real high position has been so mean and ruthless to us."

"More than that, your Majesty has always been very gentle to us humble slaves in the palace; not to mention the prince who is willing to live in the same room with the craftsmen for a long time. On the contrary, he is an official of the government, and he always pretends to be powerful. He would always speak harshly to us, and then he would be happy but act like he was in a position of superiority."

Everyone was discussing and complaining privately.

"Look at the way he looks at us, as if he is so noble, but isn't he also a slave?"

"That's just a son of a bitch. Damn!"

In the papermaking workshop, both eunuchs and craftsmen all scolded Zhao Gao in unison.

Zhao Gao returned to Zhangtai Palace, only to see Xin, whom he had not seen for a long time, standing in the hall, and Zhang Han was also in front of Ying Zheng.

Just before Zhao Gao arrived, the letter had already presented to Ying Zheng all the news that the prince wanted to convey to Ying Zheng.

Hearing the discussion between Fusu and Changping Jun, Ying Zheng had mixed feelings in his heart.

In fact, Ying Zheng had no idea, he was just gambling.

Bet that you are destined by fate. If you are really destined by destiny, then Li Xin can win with 20 troops attacking Chu; if you are not destined by destiny, then it will be useless even if Wang Jian comes with 60 troops.

Reality forced Ying Zheng to do this. He knew that the country he now owned was fragile everywhere. Natural disasters, wars, and farming must be taken into account in every aspect.

In the past three years, the land area captured by the Qin State was as large as the Qin State when he succeeded to the throne. If Fusu had not suggested training Qin officials in large numbers eight years in advance, they would not have had time to allocate manpower.

But even if the problem of Qin officials is solved, there are still many soldiers and horses.

The number of troops stationed in the border areas cannot be reduced, otherwise there will be major turmoil.The military merit system was also very slow to absorb the local people. Many of them avoided military service.

Then there are soldiers, horses, chariots, grain and grass. These things are always being consumed, let alone savings. If the war continues for another three to five years, Qin will be able to change its offensive and defensive positions.

There are not much resources and time left for Ying Zheng.

He must cut through the mess quickly.

"Zhang Han, what do you think?"

"Your Majesty, I don't understand military affairs."

"It's okay to say it straight."

"Then I can only give you some superficial opinions. I think that leading the army is actually to govern the people. I think that the prince is more suitable to lead the army than Du Weixin. I don't think that the prince is not suitable to lead the army because he is young. , On the contrary, although the prince is young, he has a stable character. I have seen the prince so many times, but I have never seen him so happy or angry."

As for Li Xin, Zhang Han did not comment on him directly.

Everyone has seen some things.

Li Xin obviously admired Ying Zheng and said that because of his hotheadedness.

Even the eunuchs Ling and Zhongshu who had been with Ying Zheng for a long time could see that Li Xin actually said that because he was afraid that the king would be unhappy.

On the contrary, the prince behaved so calmly.

"I am incompetent, not as good as Captain Li." Being able to say such words with a calm face and an unchanging expression shows the prince's confidence.

The matter is obvious, between the prince and Li Xin, the prince is obviously more mature and stable, unless there is a better choice than these two people.

That would have to be the Wangs and his son.

There was silence in the hall, and Ying Zheng was in a dilemma.

Tomorrow is the court meeting, and Ying Zheng will immediately hand over this matter to his ministers for discussion.

Lin Xin had already reported Fusu's willingness to retreat behind the scenes to direct food and grass, which inadvertently gave Fusu another bargaining chip.

(End of this chapter)