My son, Fusu, please abdicate the first emperor!

Chapter 576 Ying Zheng: I also want to write a poem (please subscribe for full order!)
"Who does Tingwei think is better between your literary talents and Fusu?"

Li Si sweated profusely on his head.

It seems that the king is completely drunk.

"Your Majesty, it's rare that the prince can write such an article at such a young age, and have scholars from all over the world gather to respond. Li Si is just a weakling, he just pieced together the words, forced the composition, and gave a little discussion. What's more, Li Si is Wen is already at an advanced age."

"So for the literary talent, the prince should be better than the minister."

Ying Zheng was overjoyed when he heard this.

"Give Tingwei wine."

The honest men's expressions darkened as they listened to Li Si bragging about the crown prince and praising Fu Su excessively.

Not everyone gets carried away after achieving great success.

But Ying Zheng, he was not among those few people.

Everyone saw Zhao Gao's originally happy face suddenly frowning, and his two eyes, one big and one small, stared at the silk book.

Soon, Zhao Gao stepped down from his seat and said to everyone.

“Zhao Gao—get the pen and ink!”

Li Si's face began to darken as he listened.

Zhao Gao pointed at the fonts and showed them to Li Si one by one.

"Take it and show it to the ministers. How do you think of the poems and essays written by me?" Ying Zheng was very excited, and even his neck turned red.

Zhao Gao had no choice but to find someone to write for Ying Zheng.

Soon, Ying Zheng handed over the poems he had written to Zhao Gao.

"What about the prince?" Ying Zheng was lying on the seat, very proud. He felt that his poems would only be better than those written by Fusu.

Ying Zheng blushed as he drank. He looked at Li Si, smiled for a long time, and then waved his hand.

When Zhao Gao got the silk book, of course he had to read it first.

"Your Majesty, when comparing poems and essays, we must bring out the best works from both sides and let everyone comment on them together."

Seeing Ying Zheng lose his temper after drinking, the sober ministers wished they were blind at this moment.

"The winter moon is extremely cold and Xianyang is extremely hot. The King of Qin conquered the government and swept through the six kingdoms. His achievements were established in the world, and his achievements were followed by six generations. The ministers gathered for a banquet, and the world was full of guests. The common people were stupid and took blessings as disasters. ..."

He came down first with a silk book and showed it to Li Si.

He took the lead in showing Li Si the poem written by Ying Zheng.

The boss is drunk and acting crazy on the stage. As your subordinates, should you treat it like you saw it or not? How to deal with it after you see it? This is a difficult problem.

"Tingwei, what do you think?" Ying Zheng asked with a smile.

Only those who were awake noticed that Zhao Gao's face turned dark.

"What does Tingwei think is that the literary talents of a few people are as good as those of Fu Su?"

Zhao Gao was startled, "My lord, when did you become talented in literature?"
And in the past few decades, because Your Majesty, you insist on focusing on the meaning and not on the details when reviewing memorials, are there still a few typos that we have corrected for you?

Zhao Gao looked back at Ying Zheng.

Li Si was also shocked.

Li Si's face darkened, wasn't he the one who bore the brunt of this?

I don't think I've ever heard of your Majesty being able to write poetry.

Ying Zheng raised his eyes and looked at Zhao Gao with great interest.

"Your Majesty, your writing style is simple, with regular rhythm, catchy and easy to memorize." I'm sorry, Your Majesty, but this is all I can think of.

Wang Wan was also very curious at first. When Ying Zheng was a child, he only loved reading and had never heard of him having the talent to write articles and poems.

Zhao Gao had a premonition that something bad was going to happen, fearing that Ying Zheng would not be able to face such a suffocating scene tomorrow when he sobered up, and he might take it out on them.

When the silk book was in hand, Ying Zheng held the pen in hand. He thought for a moment, then closed his eyes and wrote a lot of words on it.

Zhao Gao held the silk book and walked down the steps.

"Zhao Gao, what are you talking about!? Get the pen and ink." Ying Zheng suddenly yelled with a little anger.

"What should I do?" Zhao Gao asked in a low voice. "It would be a good thing if you forget it when you get up early tomorrow. If you remember it, who knows which of the ministers here today will be unlucky."

Li Si already had three lines on his forehead. What could he do? Naturally he praised him, "The king's literary talent is so brilliant that I am ashamed to see him."

Li Si squinted his eyes and looked at it for a long time. What was written here?
I saw the crooked fonts on it, like villains fighting.

Ying Zheng was overjoyed when he heard this and ordered Zhao Gao to present the things to other ministers one by one.

Zhao Gao watched from the side and was very surprised, "The king is worthy of being a king. He actually has such a talent."

At this time, Ying Zheng was like a dandy boy, looking at himself very contentedly.

Faced with such a problem, Li Si couldn't forcefully praise Ying Zheng.

"The king is already drunk, why don't I invite you back to the palace."

Zhao Gao is more witty.

Being one of the few sober people present.

Wang Wan picked up the poem and then narrowed his eyes in pain.

"What does this say?"

Zhao Gao had no choice but to whisper to Wang Wan, "Your Majesty, your Majesty is drunk. Please tell me if you didn't see it."

Ying Zheng asked Wang Wan, Feng Quji and others for their opinions one by one.

Both of them answered exactly the same.

"Your Majesty's literary talent is so transcendent that all my ministers can only hope to surpass him."

Ying Zheng was overjoyed and shared it with other drunkards who were already drunk. The drunkards were very happy to see it.

As if they could see the poems written by Ying Zheng, they all praised Ying Zheng for his transcendent literary thinking, his knowledge of the past and the present, and his ability to quote classics.

Ying Zheng was happy to hear this, and drank more and more, and finally fell unconscious.

The ministers watched Ying Zheng fall asleep, and the others could no longer hold on for a long time, and now they could finally sleep peacefully.

But people who were originally sober began to feel uneasy.

They didn't know whether they should leave, stay and continue drinking, or just fall to the ground and sleep.

As for the poems and essays written by Ying Zheng, Zhao Gao holds them in his hand. He is now hesitating whether he should destroy them or keep them until he wakes up tomorrow morning and sees them and goes crazy.

After thinking about it, Zhao Gao looked at Li Si.

Li Siben wanted to leave the palace and retire. However, Zhao Gao persuaded him nicely and asked him to help Ying Zheng cover up this scandal.

"With Your Majesty's temper, it would be best if you wait until you wake up tomorrow and don't remember it. If you do remember it, look for poems. You and I have both seen it, so how should we deal with it?"

Li Si asked, "But what should I do?"

"Tingwei is known for his literary talent, and writing poems and compositions is not a problem. How about today when Tingwei recites poems, and I write for the king with my pen. My handwriting can barely imitate the king by four or five points. I want to mess with the original handwriting of the king after he was drunk. How about it?"

Li Si thought for a while, and there seemed to be no better way than this.

So the two collaborated, one read poetry and the other wrote poetry.

In this way, the two prepared a wonderful article in advance.

Li Si was very surprised when he saw Zhao Gao's handwriting. The words he wrote were exactly the same as the king's, but he was modestly praised.

When Ying Zheng woke up the next day, he only felt pain in the back of his head. He asked someone to bring him some sobering water, and while he was drinking it, Ying Zheng suddenly remembered something important.

Ying Zheng's face suddenly twitched.

"Zhao Gao——"

"Your Majesty, you're awake. Do you want to go to Zhangtai or stay in Qinian Palace to rest?"

Ying Zheng stared at Zhao Gao, "I didn't do anything last night, right?"

"No, Your Majesty, absolutely not." Zhao Gao was very scared. Please stop asking.

Ying Zheng felt fishy when he heard this.

While being served and dressed by the maid, Ying Zheng felt that the maid was laughing at him.

Ying Zheng felt even more guilty. I clearly remember that last night Li Si, Wang Wan, and Yao Jia all praised the poems they wrote.

However, I can't write poetry at all.

Ying Zheng wandered around the hall and asked Zhao Gao again, "Did I compose a poem last night?"

Zhao Gao raised his head and said, "Your Majesty still remembers it. I almost forgot."

"That is to say, is it true? Did the Prime Minister also see it?"

Zhao Gao nodded.

Ying Zheng was convinced now, and his heart suddenly became cold.

"Bring me the poem I wrote."

Ying Zheng was very upset. He just wanted to pick up the poems and rub them away.

As a result, the poems that Zhao Gao showed him made Ying Zheng's eyes light up. The modest Ying Zheng immediately regarded the poem as his own, and happily took the poem to Jiaofang Palace to find the queen.

"The Queen thinks who has better literary talent, Guidu or Fusu?"

The queen raised her eyebrows and looked at Ying Zheng, and couldn't help but raise the corners of her mouth. "I have been married to the king for many years. When will the king be able to write poems?"

Ying Zheng knew that the queen would react like this.

He immediately took out what he had written and showed it to the queen.

The queen looked at it and shook her head.

"Why is the style of this poem so similar to Tingwei's? Could it be that the whole world is the king's land, and the shore of the land is not the king's ministers. The momentum is also consistent with Tingwei's."

The queen looked at Ying Zheng very tenderly. She had already given Ying Zheng enough hints.

Ying Zheng was shocked. In the flash of lightning, Ying Zheng's mind flashed. He already knew that it was Zhao Gao who asked Li Si to do it.

"It's just that this word doesn't look like it was written by the king." The queen looked at Ying Zheng deeply. "Did the king write this poem to make me happy?

"How could the queen say that?"

"The articles written by Your Majesty always have different words. For the sake of speed -" the Queen smiled softly.

Ying Zheng only felt that his head was big.

He sat on the couch, his back to the queen, and his fingers played with the jade hook on the side of the couch.

This time it was really embarrassing.

I want to kill all the ministers who know about this, since they are useless anyway. Ying Zheng thought this way, and of course in the end reason overcame these little emotions.

Under the queen's coaxing, Ying Zheng actually believed her lies and thought it was not a big deal.

Several days later, Wang Wan and Feng Quji discussed politics with him. Talking about Yanbei's military affairs.

I don’t know why, but I suddenly mentioned the prince’s poems.

Then Wang Wan couldn't help but snickered.

Ying Zheng naturally stared at Wang Wan, his face darkening. "The Prime Minister is old, and now he is unable to do things as he wishes."

Which elderly man would want to be talked about like that? Wang Wan immediately became angry.

Seeing old man Wang Wan like this, Ying Zheng was happy.

From then on, no one dared to mention poetry in front of Ying Zheng. And Ying Zheng also quickly threw away the poem written by Li Si. The more he thought about it, the more disgusting he became.

Ying Zheng couldn't believe it. His reputation was almost ruined by such a stupid thing.

"Zhao Gao, if I get drunk again from now on, and whoever advises me to write poems to entertain me, I will secretly write down his name for me, and tell me when I wake up. I'll see if I don't pluck out his skin."

Zhao Gao naturally agreed with a dark face.
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The atmosphere in Xianyang is such that everyone is immersed in joy.

But a certain handsome man surnamed Zhang, ever since he followed Lord Hengyang in the Chu land and commanded the army to kill all directions and shocked the Chu country, he has never forgotten Lord Hengyang ever since.

Since returning to Xianyang, he has become the fifth official of Qin State by virtue of his merits.

This is a relatively rare thing in the history of Qin.

The scribes joined the army and eventually received the title of general.

Of course, considering the impact of the incident, this title is not high, but this is a very huge victory.
The changes to the military merit system must start from tiny details.

If you take too big a step, you will definitely pull the egg.

Only by wearing it down bit by bit and allowing scribes to invade the military camps can the voice of scholars in the army be strengthened and the military merit system changed.

The brilliance of this move was that outsiders did not realize that this was one of Fusu's methods to change the military merit system.

After appreciating the prince's superb political wisdom, and seeing the prince writing poems one after another to express his true feelings to the world's scholars, Zhang Cang felt that he should be involved in the prince's next undertakings for the people of the world.

On a rainy and snowy afternoon, Zhang Cang entered the palace despite the wind and snow.

"Your Majesty, I have been following the prince for many years and have a very close relationship with him. The prince is in Linzi, Qi County, so he will definitely miss me. Please be kind to your Majesty and allow me to go to Linzi alone to assist the prince."

Ying Zheng frowned, "Fusu has never mentioned your name in front of others."

Zhang Cang was even more surprised, "Did the prince mention other people's names in front of the king?"

"Don't you hear about Liu Ji, Xiao He and others?"

Ying Zheng looked at Zhang Cang, he was quite handsome, but he took himself too seriously.

Although Zhang Cang felt aggrieved, he still said, "I heard that the prince is going to Linzi on his own invitation."

"It is for four things. One is to supervise hundreds of families, two is to unify the thoughts, three is to hunt down the fugitive nobles of the six countries, and the fourth is to appease people's hearts."

"These four matters are all of great importance. I was a disciple of Xun Qing in the past. When I was young, I was a classmate with the great scholar of Qilu today. If I go to Linzi City, I will definitely be able to help the prince."

Only then did Ying Zheng allow it.

In this way, Zhang Cang embarked on the path of following Fusu. It was winter at this time, with severe wind and frost, rain and snow, and it was so cold that people could not stretch their fingers.

But Zhang Cang was very tenacious, and it took him a month to reach Linzi City on horseback.

On the way to Linzi City, Zhang Cang heard something.

It turned out that on the way to Linzi, Fusu had been collecting ancient battlefield sites and the bones of soldiers along the way.

This move attracted some kind-hearted old people, women and children to admire Prince Fusu very much.

So they welcomed him on the road and gave the Qin army food and water.

But these people are only a very small minority. These very few people saw that Prince Qin was working hard to cover up the scars left by the war, trying to let the next generation live a peaceful life without the impact of war.

But most people are still immersed in the old times and immersed in deep hatred. They were unwilling to accept Prince Qin's behavior. In their view, Prince Qin was trying to please them.

By pleasing them, he gained the favor of his father, the tyrant Ying Zheng, in order to maintain his position.

They thought the Qin people were the most vicious and killed their own family members, but they wanted to live in peace with them.

no way!

This was the view of most people at the time.

But these people were unable to attack the Qin army and Fusu, so they classified those who were willing to accept the Qin army, willing to accept Qin's rule, and kindly repay Fusu as the most evil people.

Every village and county began to join forces to besiege those who dared to say good things about Qin and those who supported Fusu.

Among them, some nobles from the Six Kingdoms secretly supported it. They encouraged the villagers to isolate and exclude the elderly, women and children who had sent water and food to Fusu.

They are not allowed to offer sacrifices in winter. If they come, they will throw the offerings to the ground.

When Zhang Cang heard about this incident, he was not used to those bullies. Not only did he drive all those who harmed the old, weak, women and children into prison, he also immediately found out about the old people and children and handed them over to the government for protection.

He is a dignified fifth doctor!
Of course you have this power.

Zhang Cang said to the officials in the surrounding counties and counties, "The prince is in Linzi, Qi County, less than three days away from here. I will report this to the prince when I get back. If you don't treat these villagers well, I, Zhang Cang, will definitely I’ll make you walk around without food.”

These county guards and Qin officials originally felt that they were unable to manage the local area.

After all, those opponents always used underhanded and damaging tactics to sabotage their administration at every turn, and because the army would not stay in small places at all, the villagers had no fear of them at all.

It wasn't until they met such a tough opponent and heard Zhang Cang's words that these people gained confidence.

Along the way, Zhang Cang dedicated himself to cleaning up the mess Fu Su had left. He spared no effort at all and went to every household to inquire, beat gongs and drums, and make decisions for the villagers who once served Fusu tea and water.

Ying Zheng was very surprised when he heard this. He regretted letting Zhang Cang go. It would have been better to keep him in the court and serve as a censor to inspect various places.

On the way, Zhang Cang also made a special detour to Xunqing's former residence. He went to offer incense to his teacher Xunqing and visited Xunqing's descendants.

Yes, Zhang Cang didn't sleep at all at night.

Doing things that are meaningful to everyone like this day and night is living up to your time, so how can you feel tired?

From then on, Zhang Cang's reputation spread.

Before this, no one knew who Zhang Cang was. Because there are too many people in Qilu who claim to be Xunqing's disciples.

Zhang Cang clearly remembered that day when he finally arrived in Linzi City.

After giving his name, Linzi Posthouse actually blocked him from the door. After checking Ying Zheng's edict, he was able to enter.

What followed was a long period of communication and waiting.

This is completely the opposite of the situation when Zhang Cang was in the palace and Fu Su went to him every day to actively talk about mathematics problems, but he was unwilling to hide around.

In the biting north wind, Zhang Cang put his hands in his sleeves. He finally felt the mood when Fusu was standing at the door waiting for him.

Unhappy retribution!

After hearing that Zhang Cang had arrived, Fusu was slightly startled.

"The military governor's order has come to Linzi?"

"Right outside the door."

Fusu quickly arranged his clothes and sat upright on the table, "Please come quickly."

Outside the door, Zhang Cang saw the visitor inviting him in. He was suddenly disappointed. The prince had changed.

I heard he was coming, but he didn't come out to meet him in person.

I have long heard that the prince has recruited many talented people from the countryside, and it seems to be true. When there are new people, the old one like me is forgotten.

In the wind and snow, Zhang Cang sighed heavily.

(End of this chapter)