My son, Fusu, please abdicate the first emperor!

Chapter 562 Ying Zheng is in a hurry (please book all the monthly tickets for rewards!)
Meng Wu had a solemn expression and his body was straight. "Don't do this. I've been with you for so long. When you open your mouth, I know what you're going to say next. I know what bad intentions you have. I, Meng Wu, am not intimidated by others. of."

"As a military general, for the sake of the Qin State and the country, I prevent the king from arbitrarily abandoning the country's captains and preserve the king's reputation. This is the duty of a minister, so what's the fault?"

Liao stroked his beard and smiled, "Yes, yes, you only consider the current situation and don't consider the future situation of Qin. This is what a minister like you would do."

"The prince is the crown prince of the country and the foundation of the country. You, the majestic prince, openly led the military general Meng Tian and the official Meng Yi to visit the prince, letting everyone know that you, Meng, are close to the prince and follow the prince's lead."

"When have you ever thought about the prince?"

When Meng Wu heard this, he suddenly seemed to be stuck, and his whole body stopped motionless.

It’s broken, it’s broken, it’s really broken.

The situation was urgent at that time, and I just thought that if I beg the prince, I would definitely be able to save this old man.

It turned out to be a big mistake accidentally. .

At this time, a certain expert who was able to stay in Xianyang because of Fusu's intervention naturally snickered in his heart when he saw the scene in front of him.

Car after car, loaded with goods, was transported from Jingdi to Xianyang.

"I want to be the Marquis of Guannei. In this way, I will have no regrets in my life."

Li Xinxin was secretly unhappy.

However, when the soldiers returned, Ying Zheng arranged a celebration banquet for them and immediately issued arrangements for the conquest of Qi.

When he returned home, although he was hugging the beauty, he was still depressed in his heart.

Your Majesty, with such an arrangement, it would be better not to use him.

"Meng Tian was timid and fearful. He hid behind and did not dare to attack. Fortunately, he kept the people's support. Later, Meng Tian and I accompanied the prince to attack Chu State. Meng Tian's achievements were mediocre again."

In the distance, Meng Yi squinted at his usually upright father and the dignified Qin Guowei, who were sitting on the mat, going back and forth.

Meng Wu, Meng Wu, with all your wisdom, you still want to fight with me.

Now that he is serving as a general, Li Xin is naturally unwilling to accept such an arrangement.

The prisoners of Chu, the beauties captured, the exotic beasts hunted, the carts full of gold, the scholars of Chu.

Li Xin shook his head.

"What a captain and a general? They are obviously just two children."

Meng Wu was worried for a long time because of this incident. Liao refused to tell him what to do.

"General, your contribution is great enough. But General Meng is the eldest son of the Meng family, and will inherit the title of General Meng in the future. The Meng family has a great reputation in the army. But the general only has his own reputation in the army."

The doorman kept nodding his head.

"When I was twenty-seven, I was already worshiped as the fifth great official by the king. As for thirty, I was worshiped by the king as the Young Master. Now that I have returned from the destruction of the Chu Kingdom, I have been granted the title of Si Cha."

The guest looked at Li Xin and asked, "General, does he think he is good at political affairs?"

The meritorious generals came back one after another, and each brought trophies to Ying Zheng.

Li Xin frowned when he heard this, "How can your Majesty do this? Instead of reusing capable people, you promote the heir of a noble family."

The guest came forward and said, "Then why is the general so upset?"

[The fifteenth level of the Qin Army's meritocracy system is for Shaoshangzao; the sixteenth level is for Dashangzao; and the seventeenth level is for Si Chariot. 】

"Then the general goes to Qi State and makes another great contribution. When he comes back, won't he be able to become the Marquis of Guannei?"

"Qin's attack on Qi is as simple as taking out the sword from its scabbard and peeling off the fruit on the table. For the king, what the king needs is not a general who is good at fighting, but to take this opportunity to give himself credit for his achievements. People who want to be promoted.”

The original plan was for Meng Wu and Wang Ben to attack Qi, and Li Xin was also included in the battle.

When the guests at home saw this, they naturally came forward to ask.

Li Xin received Ying Zheng's order in the court, and the passion that was burning in his heart suddenly subsided.

It's okay if he doesn't make meritorious service. Since he has made meritorious service, Li Xin looks forward to Ying Zheng giving him a large reward every day. He has always longed to be a great contributor to Yingzheng, to be on par with Wang Jian, and to be on the same level as Bai Qi.

Meng Tian has never established himself with such merits that he can be a general twice.

"It stands to reason that I should be content. It's just that I only have a few thirty years left in my life!"

"Although I was named the Marquis of Guannei, I have already lost in terms of momentum. I am actually going to listen to Meng Tian's command. We were both generals and attacked Chu State together."

"Liao—what do you think I should do?"

However, after the experience of Li Xin's failure last time, Ying Zheng did not dare to appoint Li Xin as the main general again, and only ordered him to be a secondary general to charge into the battle.

The king actually treated Meng Tian favorably and gave him the opportunity to fight. Wasn't he giving the title to Meng Tian?

"Now the king is going to attack Qi, but he appointed Meng Tian as a general. And I am just a subordinate general. Doesn't this mean that I am not as good as Meng Tian?"

Unknowingly, Qin State was about to send troops to attack Qi State again.

Although he had failed in the past, he now made extraordinary achievements one after another, defeating Shouchun and capturing the King of Chu alive.

Meng Wu finally burst into tears.

Li Xin's hand squeezed the wine prince tightly. The beauties on the left and right saw it and ran away in fright.

"How do I know this?" Liao pretended not to want to talk to Meng Wu.

"Why is the general so unhappy?"

Li Xin showed a disdainful look, "It's nothing more than a conspiracy. I don't even bother to participate."

"Then what does the general think of his military capabilities?"

"Looking at the entire Qin State, I am only inferior to Marquis Wu Cheng."

This guest was very helpless when he saw Li Xin like this.

I don’t know whether it’s a blessing or a misfortune for a person like him to become a chariot.

The advice of the diners was finally swallowed.
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On the other side, Meng Tian was also very surprised when he got the news.

"The king appointed me as the general. This is because he trusts me."

Meng Tian studied the Six Arts of Confucian gentleman since childhood. This was very rare in Xianyang City of Qin State at that time.

There has always been a saying in Qin that Confucians would not join Qin. Both Laozi and Xunzi visited Qin once, but they both left after they came.

In the Qin State, Legalism has always been the dominant religion.

When the Qin State gradually encroached on South Korea, it also acquired more powerful techniques to control its ministers. The combination of these methods with Legalist theory made Qin's political system move more and more towards an autocratic monarchy.

At this time, many nobles and original aristocratic families in Qin only saw that the war had improved their titles, and did not realize that the extra people from Qi, Wei, Zhao, and Chu around them had given them the threat posed.

The difference in thought was externalized into the attitude of the ministers towards the king.

People like Chang Pingjun and his ilk were nominally bloodline relatives of the Chu State, but in reality they were old nobles of the Qin State. Their thoughts destined them to think that they wanted to discuss political affairs with Ying Zheng and carve up the world together.

As for Wang Wan, Wei Zhuang and other old Qin ministers, they were Qin officials. Although they were talented and knowledgeable, they also considered the king as his equal as a minister, especially the prime minister.

The other foreign ministers, Yao Jia, Zheng Guo, and Mao Jiao, only obeyed Ying Zheng's orders because they were in the Qin State and could only rely on themselves to gain a foothold.

There is only the Meng family, which is a very special and powerful family in Qin.

The Meng family studied Confucianism, respected Confucianism, and followed Confucianism. No one else can behave like the king is superior and the ministers are subordinate. But the brothers Meng Tian and Meng Yi, like their father Meng Wu, learned from birth that the king is superior and the minister is inferior.

Perhaps this is why King Qin Zhaoxiang valued the Meng family, and why Ying Zheng insisted on entrusting the Meng family with important responsibilities even though they all wanted to be officials.

It's just that the Meng family was very inconspicuous in the past among the chaotic officials of the Qin State.

But now, when Ying Zheng trusted Meng Tian and Meng Yi again and again, and greatly appreciated and promoted them.

Even Montessori himself felt uneasy about this kind of favor.

"The king trusts Mengshi and is willing to let us open up territory for the king. This is certainly a good thing. But why does the king do this?"

The gentlemen of this family will not be so happy at home that they can't control themselves like other ministers when they get the opportunity to go on an expedition.

The father and son all followed the teachings of Confucius and the principles of Confucianism. At this time, they all maintained the manners of gentlemen and did not feel complacent.

"There are obviously more generals who are better than me, why is it me?" Meng Tian asked Meng Wu.

Meng Wu himself couldn't figure it out. It stands to reason that a few days ago, when I took people to plead with the prince, the king should be afraid of his family, but the king was not.

Ying Zheng is suddenly domineering and autocratic, suddenly he is open-minded and listens to advice, suddenly he ignores the advice of gentlemen and only listens to villains, and suddenly he defies all opinions and trusts virtuous people. It is really unpredictable.

Anyway, now the whole world just follows him.

It's just that the Meng clan hasn't figured out this yet, so Meng Tian took his brothers and set off.

The Meng family is an aristocratic family. Every time he goes on an expedition, his own soldiers alone can lead thousands of people. Even his brothers and uncles have many generals.

After such an arrangement, neither the Meng family nor Li Xin could be punished by Ying Zheng.

Most of the courtiers really couldn't guess what Ying Zheng was thinking.

Only Fusu, Li Si, Liao, and Wang Wan knew what Ying Zheng wanted to do. He wanted to quietly increase the influence of Confucianism in Qin.

Let the ministers be respectful to the king.

But don't think that Ying Zheng likes or wants to reuse Confucianism.

Ying Zheng is a believer in Legalism, and this will never change. He only saw the beneficial aspects of Confucianism in maintaining his own political power, and he was very disgusted with the principles that Confucianism believed in.

Ying Zheng simply disdains the idea that the people value the king more than the king.

At this time, the Qin State had already begun the final battle to destroy the country by establishing the emperor system.

This battle was already a certainty, but Fusu had no chance to fight and stayed in Xianyang.

He practiced swordsmanship in the yard all day long.

After Ying Zheng heard about it, he called him for questioning.

"Why does the prince always practice swordsmanship at home? What do you want?"

Ying Zheng hoped that he could scare this traitor and make him fear him.

As a result, Fusu asked Ying Zheng, "Why do you always bully ministers for no reason?"

Bullying his ministers... There is no reason for these things. Ying Zheng just did it if he wanted to.

Ying Zheng deeply felt that Fusu had his own style.

Not only did he not punish Fusu, he also gave him many treasures donated by ministers.

After returning home, Fusu practiced swordsmanship every day in the palace, and even practiced more diligently than before.

Ying Zheng heard about it, and although he complained about it on the surface, he secretly thought that Fu Su was very much like him.

Soon, the relationship between father and son became even stronger than before because of such things.

Of course, this incident also stunned the courtiers who were eating melons.

The ministers watched the prince calmly resolve a crisis, and many people praised Fusu.

But those three officials and nine ministers saw that Fusu's power was very powerful, beyond everyone's imagination.

Just when everyone was scared, the father and son reconciled.

Why don't these three ministers and nine ministers feel unpredictable?

"I didn't expect the king to be such a person." Meng Wu sighed, saying that he had been worrying in vain these days.

Liao took the opportunity to say to Meng Wu, "The relationship between father and son is unpredictable. As ministers, we must take precautions before danger arrives to prevent bad things from happening in the future."

Meng Wu looked at Liao and asked humbly, "What should we do?"

"If the king proposes to send the prince out to guard the border in the future, General Meng must stand up and be the first to stop it."

"The prince is guarding the border? How can the king do such a thing?" Meng Wu exclaimed.

"In the eyes of the king, is there anything that the king cannot do?"

"I'm just going to stop it, will it help?"

"It works. Even if everyone supports it, as long as you stand up and oppose it, this matter will not succeed."

Meng Wu expressed doubts about Liao and just shook his head. "This hasn't happened yet. Let's talk about it when it does."

But soon, the armies of Meng Tian and Wang Ben arrived at the border of Qi State.

Ying Zheng suddenly issued an order for Fusu to go to Shouchun, Jingchu, to guard the border.

This matter is very important. In the past history, no prince has ever been sent out by the king to guard the border.

Above the court, all the officials looked at each other, not knowing what to do.

Meng Wu remembered Liao's advice and immediately stood up to object.

"Your Majesty, your Majesty, had just appointed the Prince to offer wine to the Imperial Academy and preside over the revision of documents and classics. Why did you let the Prince go out to guard the border? What's more, the climate in Jingdi is completely different from that of Xianyang. If the Prince goes there, if the soil and water are not suitable for him and hurts his body, then The damage to our country, Qin, is immeasurable."

Ying Zheng did not expect that the first person to stand up against him would be Meng Wu.

Like Meng Wu and Liao, they would not say a word in the court unless they personally asked their opinions on military affairs.

But in this matter, when he just raised it, Meng Wu immediately vetoed it.

Meng Wu caught Ying Zheng off guard.

Feng Quji, the young master, immediately followed the trend and said, "It is really inappropriate for the prince to go and defend the border. This will make the absconding nobles from the six countries think they have seized an opportunity."

Feng Quji is Fusu's maternal uncle. From the day he was selected by Fusu as his maternal uncle, he knew that sooner or later he would have to step forward to help Fusu.

His reasons were more threatening than anyone else's.

The king ordered the prince to go out to guard the border. Didn't you let the nobles of the six countries know that you and the prince had conflicts? The nobles of the six countries will definitely take advantage of this to cause trouble.

Wang Wanze said, "There was a rebellion in Shouchun not long ago. I sent the prince there but there were no heavy troops to guard it. Isn't this sending a sheep into the tiger's mouth?"

Seeing the ministers objecting one after another.

Ying Zheng himself began to panic.

That day he returned to Zhangtai Palace and asked Zhao Gao.

"Compared with the widow or the prince, who is more powerful?"

"Of course the king."

"Then why, looking at all the ministers, do they all like the prince more?"

"My King, you are the sun that shines brightly in the sky in summer, and the prince is at best the moon that appears at night. The light from the sun is strong and dazzling. Naturally, everyone is afraid of you; but the prince is bright but not shining, and everyone is afraid of you. I think the prince is easy to get along with.”

Ying Zheng looked serious, "I'm not asking you this."

Zhao Gao bowed, "Then what does the king want to ask?"

Not only was Ying Zheng's plan shattered by these ministers, but because of this incident, he misjudged the situation for a while, thinking that everyone was supporting Fusu, and used this to oppose him.

When the queen heard about these things, she immediately stood up and accused Ying Zheng.

"Does your Majesty think that I am not sick enough?"

"The land of Jing was dangerous, and the nobles fled in all directions. When Fusu attacked Chu, he used the banner of Chu people's blood, and repeatedly reminded the Chu people that the queen's identity was the princess of Chu. That's why I sent Fusu to help. Su goes. But since the ministers are against it, let’s forget about it and find someone else.”

The queen didn't believe Ying Zheng's rhetoric.

"I remember that the king once said it when he dismissed my brother. Have you ever thought about rebellion? It doesn't matter. What matters is whether you have the ability to rebel."

"Fusu is the eldest son of the king, and he is worshiped as the prince. So the king has already decided that Fusu is guilty from the day Fusu was born?"

Ying Zheng said anxiously, "Of course I don't. I have always regarded Fusu as..."

"What to do?" the queen asked, and then began to cough violently.

Ying Zheng supported the queen, "Okay. This matter ends here. I won't let him go to Jingdi. Don't worry about these things anymore and take a good rest. When you recover well, I will take you there. Check out your hometown.”

"Hometown? Your Majesty is going to Shouchun?"

"These have been in my plan for a long time." Ying Zheng was very proud. "I have been trapped in this palace for these years of dealing with political affairs. It is time to go out and see the territory that my generals have conquered for me."

"Every time Your Majesty goes to Shanglin Garden, you have to mobilize troops and spend a lot of money. You also have to go to Chu State, which consumes countless manpower and material resources, not to mention it is very dangerous. What are you thinking about?"

Seeing that the queen did not accept his favor, Ying Zheng felt disappointed.

Is there a possibility that he also knows that Shouchun is very dangerous, but because you are a queen, you often miss your hometown and your childhood friends, so I went to Shouchun once.

Before Ying Chang could get angry, the queen started coughing violently again.

Ying Zheng was very worried when he saw the queen like this. . .

"Forget it, let's let this matter go. I will never mention it again."

The queen felt that Ying Zheng was very anxious now, as if he had accidentally stepped on a tiger's tail.

Is it really just because of Fusu?
But Fusu has always been very good.

(End of this chapter)