My son, Fusu, please abdicate the first emperor!

Chapter 574 Building the Jiwenren Group

Chen Yu has always known that Zhang Er is an old fox.

But this old fox has always been very kind to him. Moreover, they have the same spirit and are a model friend in the eyes of the world.

How could I get angry over such a trivial matter?
Indeed, with Zhang Er's help, Chen Yu finally settled in Jixia Academy.

So the two reconciled as before.
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By this time, it was almost November. Li Xin led his troops to the border of Canyan long ago.

These scholars gathered together, and the princes of Qin let them eat and drink all day long. Everyone was very satisfied at first.

I just regret not being able to see Lord Hengyang in person.

In Chen Yu's free time, he went out to Jixia Academy with Zhang Er.

He found that there were stalls with bamboo slips and slips everywhere near the academy.

Chen Yu was curious about who actually dared to come to Jixia Academy to sell books. Don't they know that the academy is filled with books from all over the world?
Taking a closer look, Chen Yu realized that they were actually some low-ranking scholars.

Seeing Chen Yu like this, Zhang Er couldn't help but think of the time when he had just made friends with this young man.

When he got back, he asked Zhang Er.

Fusu deliberately selected these three Qin people to take charge of Jixia Academy.

If people from the Six Kingdoms were still allowed to preside over and manage Jixia Academy, Ying Zheng's original intention of allowing Meng Tian to garrison 200,000 troops in Qi would have been lost.

Because of this incident, Zhang Er would rather go out without his family than stay with Chen Yu.

Several people asked Chen Yu, "You dare to say such things, so what evidence do you have?"

These men just love to tell lies, but they didn't expect to meet such a stupid young man like Chen Yu.

In this world, what can be better than having a soulmate?

"Zhang Er, you are not a gentleman!"

Meng Tian stepped forward, "The prince's intention is to let them seek benefits from it. As long as they get benefits, they will naturally join our Qin Kingdom."

"How can a person like him deserve the support of everyone?"

Several men slandered Zhang Er, saying that he was entangled with married women and had male-female relations with them.

Naturally, these people were frightened by Chen Yu. They picked up their clothes and ran away dragging their trains.

In this way, Chen Yu became famous.

Now, Chen Yu showed this attitude again for the sake of Prince Fusu.

At that time, Chen Yu was eight feet tall, wore a crown made of bamboo strips, and came to his house carrying a baggage.

"Before arriving in Linzi City, I was thinking about that question all the way. Should the empire take advantage of the situation or let it go its own way when dealing with hundreds of families?"

The past comes to mind.

Relying on their ability to write, they made money by excerpting and dictating the poems of Prince Qin on the street and selling the articles.

Before leaving, they kept cursing, "What a madman."

Chen Yu's eyes widened, but he really had no evidence.

But when he saw this man with eyes like bull's eyes, his eyes were clear, and he was obviously different from those treacherous villains, traffickers and lackeys.

Chen Yu trusted his character so much, and his personality was so straightforward, Zhang Er naturally regarded him as his best friend.

Meng Yi sounded a little uncomfortable, "Is the prince encouraging the development of business?"

Chen Yuyi was filled with anger, as if he was the one who was hurt.

It's just that Chen Yu has always been very stupid and impulsive. Zhang Er didn't like him at first, and even regretted that he had left him at home so rashly.

"Where are you guys? Aren't you afraid of having your tongue cut out for spreading rumors about others? Do you dare to gamble and swear with me?!"

Zhang Er looked at his words and deeds and couldn't help but fall into deep thought.
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But Chen Yu's words quickly reached the ears of Shaoping, the Meng brothers and others who were temporarily in charge of Jixia Academy.

When Chen Yu heard this, he immediately slapped the table and shouted, "Zhang Er is definitely not someone who would do such a thing!"

But one day, Chen Yu went out and drank in a den in the small county town where he lived.

Chen Yu was very surprised when he saw it.

"He writes such good poems that people treat them as commercial goods. Isn't this a waste of his literary talent?"

"If you treat these scholars who are wandering around the six countries and have no place to settle down, if you just tell them some glamorous words but cannot give them actual benefits. Can they be completely devoted to our Qin country?"

Zhang Er immediately treated the handsome Chen Yu favorably.

He slapped his chest in front of everyone and made a promise, "I dare to use my life as a guarantee. I swear to God, if Zhang Er is one of those people who gets entangled with a married woman, I will be struck by thunder from heaven." !”

"Of course."

"Those who can write a few words actually dare to sell the prince's articles at the gate of Jixia Academy, and they are still under the noses of Qin soldiers. Isn't the prince of Qin angry?"

"Prince, do you want to ban them from buying and selling your articles?"

At that time, Zhang Er was no longer willing to be hospitable.

They also went back and reported the matter to Fusu.

The hot-blooded man burst into anger, which naturally shocked everyone present.

Fusu was stunned by Meng Yi's bold and outspoken attitude.

The atmosphere inside the post hall suddenly became stagnant.

Fusu only said one word to Meng Yi.

"Of course."

Meng Yi can't do it this time.

"What's wrong with the prince?"

"You're not playing your cards according to common sense, are you?"

Meng Yi nodded hard.

Meng Yi thought, since the prince has decided to do this, there is no point in his objection.

"Why would the prince do this?"

Fusu said, "In this world, there is no way to maintain absolute fairness, and even maintaining relative fairness and justice is very difficult."

"What determines whether a king is supported and defended by the people depends on whether the king values ​​people's livelihood or his own selfish interests."

“What determines whether a country can survive in the long term is whether the country and the court can do their best to uphold fairness and justice.”

"But these things are very vain."

"Only by allowing the people to obtain real and practical benefits and ensuring that everyone has food and clothing can we talk about other things. And if the people are in extreme poverty and survival is difficult, they will naturally no longer support the country."

"I have visited various countries over the years, and I saw that the kings of the six countries did not rule better than our Qin country. But the people of the six countries did not become rich because we, the Qin country, took over them."

"The common people of the world have been trampled and oppressed by the unscrupulous nobles for a long time, and have been in a state of poverty for a long time. Everyone is very angry. Coupled with natural disasters and wars, there are not even a few decent patches of land in such a vast land. ’s paradise.”

"I think under such circumstances, I am afraid that we can no longer implement the system implemented by the Qin State in the past. If we continue to focus on agriculture and suppress business, we will only continue to make the people bear the pain."

"The only solution is to rejuvenate the country through industry."

"Every major issue in people's livelihood depends on employment."

"People's livelihood depends on hard work, and hard work means nothing. In this world, no one is hard-working. As long as they are given the opportunity to create wealth with their own hands, with their abilities, the living conditions of every household will gradually improve. By then, there will be surplus food at home. , surplus money.”

"The people will naturally feel at ease and have confidence in the country's governance."

"At this time, what's the point of maintaining the face of poetry and prose? Let them develop these industries."

After hearing Fusu's words, everyone in the group admired him.

For several moments, Liu Ji, who had been accustomed to the narrow-minded thinking of the people in the countryside for a long time, began to doubt his own judgment.

What if the beautiful ideal in the prince's heart can really come true.

Although it seems really out of reach.

After all, the prince standing in front of him was such a person.

With him here, relying on his public spirit and political wisdom for the people, there is nothing he can't accomplish.

Meng Tian couldn't help but ask, "So, the prince can take advantage of the current atmosphere of reselling poetry and prose that is rising in Qi State and start producing books."

Meng Yi screamed, "Use paper?! I've been waiting for paper to be implemented nationwide."

Lu Ze and Cao Shen asked, "Is this the paper that the prince used when he was fighting against Chu?"

Meng Yi: "Of course. The prince is the one who invented paper. Prince, since we have thought of this good idea, we should quickly write a letter to tell the king."

Meng Tian hesitated.

This paper is the most advantageous tool for spreading words. But for Meng Tian, ​​who had seen a room full of paper, it was hard for him to imagine the consequences of those papers carrying words being spread around the world.

"The prince proposed in Shanglin Garden last autumn to control speech, strengthen the supervision of circulated documents, and prevent various schools of thought from randomly interpreting the interpretation of classics to fool the people."

"Once this channel is opened and turned into a business, allowing scholars to make profits from it, I'm afraid there will be big chaos."

"People's hearts are sinister. They put their own interests first and don't care what impact the content of the document will have on other people. For their own benefit, they naturally choose what the common people like to write."

"People have always liked scaremongering and rumors. The damage caused by books is probably more terrible than war."

"Secondly, the remnants of the Six Kingdoms have not been completely eliminated. If they take the opportunity to master paper technology, they will use the paper made by the prince to attack the prince." Meng Tian naturally meant not to give these things to the scholars.

"What if we let them copy and make books by hand under the supervision of the government?" Fusu asked again.

"Talented people are arrogant and arrogant, and they are unwilling to rely on others. What about hand-copied books? In their view, if they cannot become ministers or doctors, their life will be in vain." Feng Jing Stand up and say.

Fusu was tired of hearing this.

"This won't work, that won't work either. Then how are you going to appease these scholars. If they don't get the benefits, they will naturally be unwilling to submit to Qin. If scholars don't submit to Qin, how can they be willing to help me promote unification of the world? trend of thought.”

"To this day, there are still countless people who are stubborn. They are immersed in the old times."

Everyone lowered their heads.

"Everyone go out and think about it carefully. Those who have not come up with a solution are not allowed to come to see you again." Fusu said with a cold face, "That includes you two, Liu Ji and Lu Ze."

If these people from lower-class backgrounds are not allowed to think from the perspective of the rulers of the empire, they will never know how difficult it is to make a decision.

And as long as it is a decision or decision, there are definitely pros and cons.

But these two people had strange looks in their eyes when they were listening to Meng Tian discuss politics.

Especially Liu Ji, it seems that because they are common people, have a humble status, no power, and endure heavy labor, they are gentlemen?

absurd.

Liu Ji's face was dark, he didn't say a word, and this was a disaster.

A group of people slowly exited the big room with gray faces.

Anyway, after arriving in Linzi City, as long as you officially do something big, you will encounter countless problems. Either there are obstructive forces, or it is difficult to control yourself.

Although, there is a good thing that can help Fu Su solve all his troubles.

But Fusu couldn't wait.

Because the good thing is time.

If the treatise on ideological unification can be completed in advance, and all these scholars can submit to the Qin State and work as copywriters honestly, without thinking about starting a war all day long, then the Qin State will be safe.

Even after he succeeded to the throne, Qin could continue to use the system of prefectures and counties.

After all, his reputation and achievements have tended to surpass Ying Zheng from time to time.

After completing a major ideological treatise, and then suppressing it in the name of his own second generation, is it still necessary to make a transition to the parallel system of prefectures and states?

Just distribute the brothers to various continents and spread the fire of Qin civilization.

Once this idea came up, Fusu became very excited.

It is said that just now the three heroes of Peixian County, the Meng brothers of Qin State, Feng Jing and Shaoping came out.

Not only did they not realize their own shortcomings, such as the gap between themselves and Ying Zheng's ministers Li Si, Feng Quji, and Wang Wan.

Instead, everyone was very excited because the prince asked them to think about this matter and come up with a solution.

"How about we make a bet." Liu Ji stood up first.

"What are you betting on?" Feng Jing's face was dark. He had known that he would not speak, but now he was also affected. If you can't think of a good way, wouldn't it mean that you are not qualified to stay with the prince?

As soon as Meng Yi saw Feng Jing asking, he also stayed.

"Let's bet who will come up with a solution first. If something happens in the future, I will go to this person to discuss it first."

Liu Ji asked everyone with his hands on his hips.

Feng Jing looked at Liu Ji and his heart skipped a beat. This Liu Ji, why is he so smart? You must know that his father and uncle are both important officials in the court. However, many times when encountering major events, we rely on pre-agreed methods to spread the risk when the time comes.

Otherwise, if there is a problem with a major policy, no one will be able to take the responsibility.

How could he, a country man, have such political talent?
Not only Liu Ji, but also Meng Tian was surprised by Liu Ji's idea.

He is uniting his ministers.

A mere guard, born in the countryside, grew to this point in just one year. It's incredible.

However, everyone joined Liu Ji's bet.

For no reason, they had to unite if they wanted to assist Fusu in Qi County Linzi and complete everything successfully before returning to Xianyang without falling out of favor.

Fusu soon found out about Liu Ji's bet with everyone.

Fusu sat on the mat. He felt that Liu Ji did have extraordinary abilities, but he just lacked a stage to express them; he was deeply worried about this.

He is so capable, it would be a pity not to use it.

But how can we let him know what is the biggest taboo of being a minister?

When Fu Su really recruited a group of talented people, he was later sent to Linzi by Ying Zheng.

He led these talents and felt like a king for the first time.

He is worshiped, admired and feared by thousands of people; and having powerful ministers makes him feel like an emperor.

Like King Zhaoxiang, it is a great person to have a king like Bai Qi under his command.

If, like King Zhao, he only has generals like Zhao Kuo at his disposal, then what's the point of being a king?

Now that I have decided to be the emperor in the future, I have to control all these ministers!

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At noon the next day, Fusu suddenly drank there and watched Yu Yue dance.

Wait until you’ve seen enough of the dance. Fusu sent everyone out.

Because he drank too much, he lay down on the case to sleep.

Liu Ji and Feng Jing were still on duty outside.

But Fusu was lying on the desk sleeping, which stumped Dian Guan.

On weekdays, Fusu was surrounded by Dian Yi and Dian Guan. Dian Yi and Dian Guan, as the names suggest, are the ones who take care of Fusu's hats and the one who takes care of Fusu's clothes.

But Dian Yi happened to be out today.

Dian Guan was very scared. He wanted to wake up the prince gently, but he was worried about waking up the prince and making him angry.

Never think too highly of those who are kings, or even understand them as humans, just as beasts.

When they are angry, they are angry, and when they are happy, they are happy. They do not need to take care of anyone.

Because they are the supreme rulers of the country, the power of life and death for the people in the world is in their hands, and they themselves are not subject to any constraints.

The emperor became angry and shed millions of blood. This is really not a joke.

Then Dian Yi was very scared. If he disturbed the prince rashly and refused to let him have a good rest, the prince would definitely blame him when he got up.

But if he ignored the prince and the prince fell ill, he would not dare to say that he would be able to stay out of it.

When the prince woke up, Haqiu Haqiu sneezed, lost his dignity, and asked them what they were doing.

He must be miserable.

So Dian Guan was down there and was sweating profusely.

A small official position like his is the most relaxing and simple job, but it is also the easiest to be replaced.

It doesn’t work even if you scream, and it doesn’t work if you don’t scream.

Then I can only put clothes on the prince.

Dian Guan thought about this plan. But the prince went to bed without wearing thick clothes. It was Dian Yi's job to add clothes to the prince.

They all received strict training before serving the prince. One person is in charge of the clothes, and another person is in charge of the hat. No crossing, no crossing of boundaries.

Based on his own experience of serving in the palace, he thought that if he didn't put on any clothes today, he would probably lose his job.

After experiencing a fierce inner struggle, Dian Guan still put the clothes on Fusu.

Sure enough, when Fusu woke up.

He asked, "Who added these clothes to him?"

Dian Guan stood up and admitted it.

Fusu didn't get angry, he just shouted, "Liu Ji——"

Liu Ji followed the trend, but he didn't know that Fusu had already prepared a lesson for him.

"Prince, what are your orders?"

"When I was sleeping, Dian Yi was not there, so Dian Guan put on some clothes for me."

"Dian Yi neglected his duty and will be punished with twenty rods."

Liu Ji thought to himself, this is not a mistake.

Moreover, regarding the matter of ceremonial clothes and crowns, we should go to Prince Sheren. What does it have to do with him.

Until Fusu said again, "As for Dian Guan, he exceeded his authority and was punished by twenty."

Now Liu Ji understood that the prince was beating him.

(End of this chapter)