My son, Fusu, please abdicate the first emperor!

Chapter 604 The Age of Chaos Has Begun
This is the best of times, this is the worst of times; this is the age of wisdom, this is the age of foolishness; this is the epoch of belief, this is the epoch of incredulity; this is the season of Light, this is the season of Darkness; this is the spring of hope, this is the winter of despair; our future has everything, our future has nothing; we are heading towards Heaven, we are also heading straight to Hell.
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The officials were in an uproar.

Ministers such as Wang Wan, Feng Jie, and Wei Zhuang were also caught off guard.

He thought that the King of Thailand was not worthy of his achievements, and was arrogant and insisted on being called the Emperor. After all, the Emperor sounded more comfortable. Moreover, there were so many talented and experienced Shangshu Ling in the harem, and Ying Zheng must have consulted them in advance.

But this does not allow ministers to discuss the king, sons to discuss their fathers, and abolishes the posthumous name system. What does this mean?

From the fact that Ying Zheng suddenly changed the content that he had agreed with them a long time ago, to the fact that he suddenly issued a new order to Zhiming, everyone began to feel uneasy.

This day was also the day when Ying Zheng's authority reached its peak.

Even though the ministers had their own ideas, especially Chunyu Yue, he was the key figure who was responsible for designing the details of the decrees and orders issued at today's court meeting.

The doctors that Li Si, Feng Jie, Wang Wan and others consulted were these great scholars.

In such a grand ceremony, Ying Zheng openly did not keep his word...

This is very government.

Wang Ben lowered his head and said, "The king has gone crazy."

Li Xin looked up in surprise and glanced at Ying Zheng. "Your Majesty, are you crazy? If these things get out, people will laugh at you. Today is a grand court meeting."

People who have read books will certainly oppose Ying Zheng's approach because they understand history.

But everyone in the court knew that Ying Zheng's status in the eyes of the people of the world was like a god among his generals, soldiers and officials.

Seeing that Ying Zheng, this pervert, was not going to behave himself, they wanted to do something about him. But the people under them all thought of the king, so they could do nothing.

The ministers were helpless and could only grit their teeth and swallow what had happened today.

Do you think that Ying Zheng was just abolishing an ancient precept? You are totally wrong. He was clearly stipulating that the power of ministers cannot override that of the king, and that ministers do not have the power to make administrative decisions.

Everything makes him decide alone!
These things are all based on the posthumous name law. It can be said that it is extremely clever, and there is no need to establish any new laws.

All the ministers bowed and said "Yes".

Seeing everyone pretending to be respectful and obedient, Ying Zheng smiled.

He knew that these ministers did not obey him in their hearts. It was precisely because he knew human nature that he wanted to go against everyone's wishes and create a new era.

And from this day on, Ying Zheng's dictatorship officially began.

Ying Zheng didn't realize at all that he had done two wrong things on his first day.

Oh no, it's three things.

From the day that Ying Zheng established the imperial system, he began to undermine himself.

And a chaotic era has just begun.
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The court meeting ended so quickly that the ministers didn't even have time to react.

They sighed one by one, and left in twos and threes, feeling very disappointed.

Wei Liao looked at the courtiers. He looked at the soldiers who couldn't help stamping their feet and shook his head helplessly. "I don't know the disaster is about to happen to me."

Meng Wu looked at Liao, sighed helplessly, and put his hands behind his back. He was really shaking with anger.

"It feels like all of us combined are not as good as him alone." Meng Wu shook his sleeves, his heart full of sorrow and anger.

Liao stepped on Meng Wu and whispered, "It's not over yet. It's too early to draw a conclusion. You and I should keep a low profile and we can last longer."

Seeing that the only person who can bring hope to the people in the world is Fusu.

The fate of the loudest has long been changed because of the prince of Fu Su.

If I hadn't seen hope in Fusu.

After seeing Ying Zheng abolish the posthumous name system, and proudly proclaiming himself the First Emperor, Liao would have sighed, as happened in history, and said, "Although Qin has won the world, its vitality is declining! Can it last long?"

After that, Liao took his disciple Wang Ao away and disappeared. Some say that after Liao left, he went to teach Han Xin.
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Wang Wan's face turned pale, and he didn't know how he got out. On that day, the sky above Xianyang City was also covered with dark clouds, which were so thick that they were about to collapse and fall.

Spring seemed to be blocked by something and refused to come for a long time; there was a biting cold wind on the streets.

After returning home, Wang Wan's family surrounded him, but there was no sign of life on his face and he sat in the yard in a depressed state.

When his family members came forward to comfort and ask questions, he didn't say a word.

I don’t know when it started, but suddenly the sound of children playing could be heard outside the wall.

"When the birds are gone, the good bow is hidden; when the cunning rabbit dies, the lackeys are cooked."

The children sang, danced and clapped their hands.

The ceramic cup next to Wang Wan's hand was suddenly knocked to the ground by his sleeve and shattered into fine powder.

Wang Wan's hands began to tremble. He wanted to pick up the fragments, but the pool of powder was blown away by the wind.

There seemed to be a faint sigh of an elderly person in the wind.

At that moment, Wang Wan turned around in surprise. He looked at the withered old tree in the yard and realized in surprise, "I am old and deaf..."
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The generals returned home disappointed. Their wives and concubines had already prepared wine and meat, waiting to come back to celebrate for their husbands, and then wait for themselves to become queens of the fiefdoms.

While their husbands were attending court in the palace in the morning, they would drink, dance and celebrate at home.

But when their husbands came back, they were furious and started scolding them.

That day, the city of Xianyang was in chaos, and every household was in turmoil.

The city was so peaceful and beautiful in the first half of the day, but in the second half, fierce quarrels broke out in every household, dogs kept barking at the door, and the children didn't know what they had done wrong, but were beaten by their family members for no reason.

Over the next few days, the streets and alleys of Xianyang City and every household were filled with quarrels and crying...
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"A new order is always born out of chaos. And destruction is the fastest way to rebuild a new order."

Ying Zheng said this when he heard that his ministers had returned home and made a mess of their homes.

This is very different from the opening scene that everyone expected, which is a unified and peaceful world.

Ying Zheng was immersed in the atmosphere of victory and had become obsessed, unable to wake up. He also began to walk on the wrong path.

Ying Zheng summoned sorcerers and alchemists from the land of Bashu.

Together with the Yin-Yang School, they explained to Ying Zheng the laws governing the alternation of Yin and Yang and the Five Elements and the rise and fall of dynasties, as well as the fortunes of nations.

Ying Zheng was deeply inspired.

From then on, Ying Zheng began to deduce the order of the five virtues.

After Zheng Zheng got the world, he had no goal for a while.

At another court meeting, Ying Zheng officially announced to all the ministers:

"The Zhou Dynasty inherited the Fire Virtue when it gained the world, and the Qin Dynasty replaced the Zhou Dynasty's Fire Virtue. According to the attributes that the Fire Virtue cannot restrain, now should be the beginning of the Water Virtue."

Wang Wan looked at Ying Zheng, and at this moment, there was no longer any fluctuation in his heart. Ever since he abolished the posthumous title system, Wang Wan had been completely disillusioned with Ying Zheng.

The other ministers were confused...

Why did the king study these things instead of thinking about how to govern the country and grant amnesty in the future? The streets were full of sorcerers and alchemists from Bashu. I didn't expect the king to believe in such things.

"From today on, the month at the beginning of each year will be changed, and the day for officials to come to the court to celebrate will be set on the first day of October."

"Clothing, banners, and symbols all prefer black."

When the ministers heard this, they began to wonder in their hearts, "The king must have gone crazy."

"The number six is ​​the standard. The military seal and the crown are both six inches wide, and the carriage is six feet wide. Six feet is one step, and it is driven by six horses."

The ministers had no objection to Ying Zheng's order.

“Rename the Yellow River to Deshui, marking the beginning of the virtue of water.”

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After the court session ended, the ministers looked at each other in bewilderment.

The ministers gathered around Wang Wan and asked, "Sorcerers and alchemists love to play tricks. Why do you believe them now?"

Wang Wan was naturally unaware of this. Li Si stepped forward and said, "This matter is indeed related to the Prime Minister."

Wang Wan frowned, "Is it related to me?"

"Could it be that the Prime Minister has forgotten that when the Queen was seriously ill, the Prime Minister personally went around looking for good doctors in his own name."

"I did that before." Wang Wan remembered, "I searched for good doctors but to no avail. But then a few people claimed to be sorcerers and were willing to help. I thought that since things had come to this point, I might as well give it a try, so I recommended them to the king."

Li Si said, "It was at that time that those sorcerers and alchemists entered the palace. They used the witchcraft of Bashu to prepare talisman water to treat the queen, and the queen's condition improved. Therefore, the king rewarded them heavily and trusted them very much from then on."

When Wang Wan heard this, he was confused for a moment.

"How could it be me?"

“It’s me…”

"It's me who caused the current situation. If I had been a little calmer and more rational, the king wouldn't be like a wild horse that has broken free from its reins. I trusted him too much."

No one could understand what Wang Wan was saying.

But seeing him very self -blame and guilty, he comforted him, "In fact, this is not a big deal. Why should the prime minister blame himself?"

"Besides, my Qin State needs to do something like this to replace the Zhou Dynasty, so that it can appear that my Qin State has inherited the Mandate of Heaven."

Wang Wan shook his head. "It was inevitable that Qin would inherit the Mandate of Heaven. Otherwise, how could it have conquered the six kingdoms? Why bother making a fuss about these things? When the news spreads that Your Majesty listened to the sorcerers and formulated national policies, countless people in the world will laugh at our Qin."

Everyone sighed.

However, one wave has not subsided and another wave has arisen.

The King of Qin had done three wrong things in the past. Now all the ministers could not sleep at night and tossed and turned. So they came to discuss with Prime Minister Wang Wan again.

"Prime Minister, the king made three mistakes at the last court meeting."

Wang Wan was shocked. Were there only three mistakes?
"Which three?"

This time, all the Confucian Confucianism, the imperial history, and the courtiers came. "One, the king claims to be the emperor, but claims to be the emperor. I heard that since ancient times, the name must be cautious.

Wang Wan laughed, "Whoever tells the king about this will laugh at him for being old-fashioned."

Wang Wan was extremely disappointed with Ying Zheng, and he would no longer be enthusiastic about his cold butt. Let Ying Zheng be arrogant and conceited in the palace alone. Who does he think he is?
Seeing Wang Wan like this, the ministers told him about his second mistake.

"Your Majesty, if you abolish the posthumous name system, this will be opposed by scholars all over the world. As a king, how can you be so arrogant as to think that you don't have to accept other people's comments?"

"Besides, it is better to guard against the people's mouths than to guard against the river. Your Majesty, if you do this, it will only give the nobles of the six countries an opportunity to take advantage of it. Isn't this giving the enemy a handle?"

Wang Wan stroked his beard and asked, "Do you think I am capable of asking His Majesty the Emperor to withdraw the order he has already issued?"

Everyone sighed helplessly.

"Sincerely, the Prime Minister does not want to interfere in what His Majesty has already done. But there is one thing that concerns the survival of my Qin Dynasty."

"what's up?"

The great scholars and some generals and ministers said together, "The world is already stable. At the beginning, the prime minister and other ministers had discussed with His Majesty the Emperor and agreed to make the remote areas east of Nanyang and Yingchuan into states."

"You are most aware of the benefits and drawbacks of doing this for the people of the world. But now the world has been stable for more than half a year. Why has His Majesty the Emperor never issued an edict for such a major event?"

Wang Wan asked, "You all know the situation very well. I have fulfilled all my responsibilities as the Prime Minister. Why do you still come to me? Did I have any selfish desire to get a fiefdom for myself?"

"Why are you asking me whether His Majesty has issued an edict to divide the fiefs and when it will be issued?"

Then everyone told Wang Wan.

It turned out that Ying Zheng had summoned Feng Quji, Feng Jie, Li Si and other ministers, and had been discussing sending the latest batch of Qin officials to the Qi County area.

"Because the Crown Prince submitted a memorial saying that the land of Qi and Lu is small and densely populated, and the existing powerful landlords are powerful, so a large number of Qin officials are needed to send them to the local areas so that the Emperor's orders can be truly delivered to the counties."

Wang Wan sat in the seat.

He suddenly saw a pawn that was leaked by the foot of the case at the table ... He tried to reach out enough, but he couldn't get enough.

"Your Majesty the First Emperor is strong and resolute, but he is also violent and harsh. He insists on resolving all matters by law, is harsh and does not talk about benevolence and morality. He believes that this is in line with the law of the five virtues."

"The Emperor is eager to implement laws and hopes that his will can be spread to all parts of the country. The Court of Justice has further encouraged the Emperor's actions. Now the Court of Justice is in charge of printing legal documents on paper made by the Crown Prince and distributing them to various places."

"They united and pushed the county system and laws everywhere."

"Some criminals have been imprisoned for a long time without being pardoned. Because the court judge has no time to take care of these things, they protest while working, and some have even fought with our Qin soldiers."

"These things are very detrimental to our Great Qin Empire."

Wang Wan understood. It turned out that these people came to him in a hurry because they saw that the emperor was constantly setting up counties and enforcing laws, and that their hopes for feudal fiefdoms were extinguished.

He looked at his lobby with more than forty people.

The ministers saw that the time was ripe and took the opportunity to offer their suggestions.

"We originally followed the prime minister because we saw that the prime minister was determined to let the people in the world live a peaceful and rich life. If it is settled today, it is the time when the prime minister has a good thing."

"Please Prime Minister, please put the people of the world and the future of the Qin Empire first, and join me in making a petition to the Emperor."

"Let His Majesty allow the establishment of feudal states in the border areas. In this way, there will be no more vacancies for local Qin officials, and the deployment of officials will no longer occupy the energy of the court. The central government will no longer have to be so busy, and the local nobles of the six countries can also be suppressed. This is the perfect plan."

Wang Wan looked at his ministers, his hands tucked into his sleeves, his hair at his temples already completely white.

Ten days later, Prime Minister Wang Wan and others made a proposal:

"The princes have just been eliminated. Yan, Qi, Chu and other places are very remote. If we don't set up vassal kings there, we won't be able to stabilize the local people. I request to make the prince the king. I hope the emperor will approve it."

Wang Wan did not propose to set up more vassal kings. These nights, he was thinking about what Ying Zheng was thinking, and he still figured out a little bit.

Therefore, Wang Wan hoped that Ying Zheng would establish vassal kings rather than princes.

The difference is huge.

The First Emperor knew that this day would come, but he had been preparing for it for a long time.

"This is a very big matter. Please hand it over to me for discussion in court."

In the magnificent Great Palace.

At the first grand court meeting at the beginning of the year, there were as many as a hundred people, but now there are only more than eighty people.

The ministers discussed with each other, and after about an incense stick of time, everyone felt that this method was appropriate.

In fact, everyone has given up the opportunity to be crowned as a prince or even a vassal king.

They no longer dream of being crowned kings, but only hope that their decades of hard work will have a good result and that the common people of the world can live a good life.

"I second the proposal."

The moment these words rang out in the hall, the fate of this country was sealed.

Because the king's power was too great, the ministers knew they were unshakable. They made the best choice for the empire!

However, Ying Zheng completely ignored the good intentions of his ministers. All he saw was that in the game between himself and the ministers these days, he had fought against a hundred people alone and won in the end!
But Ying Zheng did not agree.

No matter what kind of vassal kings or princes, as long as they are kings in name only, they are given the ability to rebel.

At this time, Li Si, the court judge, stood up and said, "King Wen and King Wu of Zhou granted fiefs to many sons of the same surname, but their blood relationship has become alienated and they attack each other like enemies. The princes are fighting each other, and the Zhou emperor has no way to stop it."

"Now the whole world has been unified thanks to your majesty's divine power and might. All the lands have been set up as counties, and the princes and meritorious officials have been rewarded generously with the country's taxes. The situation is easy to control."

"No one in the world has two minds. This is the way to keep the country stable. It is not appropriate to enfeoff princes."

Ying Zheng said: "The people of the world are troubled by the endless wars, and it is because of the princes."

"Thanks to the blessing of my ancestors, I have just pacified the world. If I create another vassal state, I will make enemies for myself. Wouldn't it be difficult to achieve peace?"

"The Tingwei's suggestion is correct."

From that day on, the Qin Dynasty's Da Zheng Hall fell into a deathly silence, and there was no more life.

(End of this chapter)