My son, Fusu, please abdicate the first emperor!

Chapter 607 If my father is not crazy, how can I get to the top?
As Fusu continued to recruit and expand his team, what he had been expecting finally happened.
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It is said that Zhang Cang led his troops on the battlefield every day, either to attack local powerful families or to chase young men and women who were trying to restore the glorious tradition of their ancestors - the trend of promiscuity - in the woods and valleys.

Look, there was an unexpected gain during the strike. A group of robbers were caught.

Zhang Cang’s life has never been so satisfying.

Kong Yu had always been very famous, and he and Zhang Cang hit it off quickly. Zhang Cang was busy with official duties during the day, and sat and discussed philosophy with this great scholar at night. They talked about almost everything from Lie Zi to Han Fei Zi.

This kind of day is really refreshing.

Before we knew it, March was here.

Herds of cattle and sheep dotted the green slopes along the Zibo River. Purple swallows fluttered by, their tails skimming the water. In the clear streams, clusters of fish swam back and forth.

In the garden, clusters of flowers are in full bloom, and the bright red flowers are particularly gorgeous under the golden sunshine.

Human life is particularly vibrant in spring.

Fusu was sitting in Yashe, looking at the articles made by Shangzao Xiangliche.

He wrote ten articles, all centered around the goals set by the founder of the Mohist school.

"Universal love", "non-aggression", "advocating virtue", "advocating unity", "Heaven's will", "understanding ghosts", "non-fatalism", "non-music", "simple burials", "thrifty spending", etc...

Xiang Liche explained these details to Fusu one by one. Mohism is about writing articles, and it is different from other schools of thought. They will not tell you the truth, but only tell you how to "respect the virtuous" and "respect the capable".

"Confucianism emphasizes extension. Extending oneself to others. To achieve universal love, one must start with ethical and orderly love. In this regard, the king himself must set an example."

Fusu listened and thought of Ying Zheng for some reason. Not only Ying Zheng, but also various emperors in history. A recent example is Zhao Yong, the King Wuling of Zhao, who did what he thought was right, which led to his own death, his sons killing each other, and the country went into decline.

"I'm afraid that a king can't do these things. If a king talks about love for his brothers, wives and children, what will happen to the people of the country?" Fusu told Xiang Liche directly, "This is unrealistic. I need you to divide the people based on these practices."

"The king does what the king should do, the ministers do what the ministers should do, the lives of the common people are guaranteed, and there is even room for further development. Everyone has the opportunity to become a meat-eater. After all this is done, then we can talk about love."

The poem "Love Together" that Xiang Liche gave to Fusu really made Fusu feel uneasy. "Besides, love is something that you do bit by bit every day, not something you shout out all the time. If you keep talking about love all the time, I'm afraid it will disgust others."

Xiang Li Che frowned. This was the fifth time he came to see Fusu.

Fusu always found a lot of faults every time.

"My Lord, if you say so, then I can't do this."

"Shang Zao - don't worry. I feel that if these words are written openly, I am afraid that people will not like them. I see that everyone likes to do the opposite of what is expected. If we advocate love, there will definitely be people who do the opposite of what is expected."

Shang Zaoche frowned and said, "Prince, you are just throwing the baby out with the bathwater. Universal love is the ultimate goal of human society."

"Wasn't the prince's previous vision also to achieve these things?"

"Let the country implement good policies, reasonably regulate people's desires, provide people with sufficient material life, and make the country prosperous and prosperous."

"The prince himself said that the people don't need to be saved, they need a strong person to lead them. And the most important thing for a king to govern a country is to guide the people."

"The prince said that the king should focus on guiding the people to get rid of the unreasonable desires deep in their hearts and keep themselves in line with the law."

"To achieve this, we must first make the king, prime minister, generals, ministers and officials of a country look down and do things for the people, instead of looking up."

"Did the prince say these words?"

Fusu sat up straight, "This is my wish."

"Since the prince has this intention, why not let me write these words down? This is a manifestation of the prince's love for the people."

Fusu asked very seriously, "Don't you think it would be embarrassing to write a word like 'love' in a book or live it out?"

Xiang Li Che Zhensheng, "Love is a natural thing, there is nothing to be embarrassed about."

Just as the two were discussing the details, Feng Jing suddenly stood at the door.

"Prince, Ji Bu requests to see you."

When Xiang Liche heard that Ji Bu was coming, his eyes lit up. "Ji Bu can become a great general in the future."

Fusu said nothing. This kid had shown off in front of the Huben Guards last time, and after that everyone called him "big brother" when they saw him.

The Huben Guards were conquered by outsiders once again.

Gradually, everyone stopped doubting Fusu's vision and started to serve as their own soldiers conscientiously.

Ji Bu finally faced the reality and continued to serve as a guard quietly.

After Ji Bu came in.

Fusu did not ask him what he was doing, but said, "I heard from Shao Ping that you once planned to escape one night. It was because you thought the position I gave you was too low, but why didn't you leave in the end?"

Xiang Liche was shocked when he heard this.

Shao Ping looked confused, and his bean-like eyes suddenly widened. I have never told the prince about this matter.

When everyone felt that Fusu was making things difficult for Ji Bu and were worried about him.

Ji Bu raised his head and said seriously, "I was able to serve the prince because of his appreciation. This is a favor from the prince. How can I leave just because the position he gave me is too low?"

"Isn't this just like a thirsty person passing by and asking for water? After drinking the water and quenching his thirst, he immediately says to the person, 'Isn't your water sweet enough?'"

"I, Ji Bu, will never do such a shameful thing."

When Fusu heard this, he burst into laughter.

"Good! Good!"

"I just boasted about you when I went to the chariot factory, saying that you are someone who can become a general."

Ji Bu heard this and also set his eyes on the elder. For some reason, there were always many good people around the prince who were willing to help him. Shang Zaoche was the third person who always helped him.

It can be seen that the people around the prince have good taste.

Fusu saw Ji Bu's old face turn red and knew that he must have taken his words to heart.

"Ji Bu, why do you want to see me?"

Ji Bu remembered his purpose and was embarrassed to speak. "I heard... I heard that the prince was going to go hunting by the Zibo River. I want to go with the prince."

Everyone looked at Ji Bu and smiled without saying anything.

"allow."

Ji Bu went out of the door, his heart pounding violently.

Liu Ji, Xiahou Ying, Feng Jing and others immediately surrounded them.

"Well, what did the prince say?"

Ji Bu said seriously, "The prince has been so kind to us, how can we not be satisfied?"

Liu Ji stamped his feet, "So you didn't say a word when you saw the prince."

Feng Jing was careful and saw that Ji Bu looked unnatural. He asked, "So what did you say to the prince?"

Ji Bu stammered, "I lied. I said I wanted to ask if I could go hunting with the prince."

After saying this, Ji Bu felt it was even harder to face his conscience. "No, I have to go back and tell the prince the truth."

Everyone held Ji Bu back and said, "You've already come out, why are you going back now?"

"I feel guilty about it. The prince was so kind to me, but I lied to him. No, I have to go back and see him."

The three grown men simply couldn't hold Ji Bu down.

Just like that, Ji Bu ran back again.

Liu Ji stood in the corridor, looking at Ji Bu in astonishment, "I tell you, Ji Bu will definitely sell out all three of us this time."

Sure enough, Ji Bu really returned and explained the truth to Fusu.

But this time, Fusu was the only one in Yashe.

Fusu was playing the zither in a long white robe.

Although Ji Bu listened, he thought the music was not played very well.

"How about it?"

"It sounds good."

"You want to see me twice a day, what's the matter? Tell me."

"Your Highness, I just lied. I came back to tell you the truth."

Fusu didn't say anything, but just rubbed the strings of the zither slowly.

"I have been following the prince for almost three months. I am either on patrol or hunting with the prince. I don't know when these days will end. We all hope that the prince will give us a chance to showcase our talents." Zhang Cang's experience is a successful example of the talent training program in Fusu's camp.

After following Fusu for only two or three years, he became one of the five great officials.

Being so young, to have such good fortune, Liu Ji, Feng Jing and others naturally drooled at the sight.

Although Feng Jing's family had a title, and his father had made many military achievements this time, and his title was higher, Feng Jing still hoped that he could make a career, and he did not think that he would do worse than his father in the future.

If his father can become an imperial censor, he will be able to become a minister in the future!
These people couldn't hold back, so they naturally looked for someone who was easiest to deceive to express their demands.

"The Crown Prince has been living in Linzi for a long time. I wonder when he will be able to return to Xianyang?"

This is what Fusu has been looking forward to.

No matter how big the conflict between his father and his legitimate son was, if Ying Zheng abandoned him, it would be a huge loss to himself. So Fusu never intended to overthrow Ying Zheng's regime because of the personal conflict between him and Ying Zheng.

There is no point in this.

And now is not the right time.

Ying Zheng is not crazy enough, and it is not the time for him to take action.

The conditions were also a little worse. For example, the strong general under his command was actually the type of Ji Bu. Fusu once felt that the hunting dogs he raised in his early years had more flexible moral bottom line than Ji Bu.

This team is almost there, but it's still too weak.

However, they still have advantages that make Fusu feel gratified - although they are talented, they are all very motivated.

They have no intention of just living a life of idleness and eating and drinking after following me. As long as they are willing to do great things, that's fine.

"Just wait a little longer."

In Fusu's memory, there are still many talented people who are still wandering around and have no one to use their talents.

The most important thing is that he is still lacking a ruthless warrior.

In short, the time is not right to start an uprising.

"Excuse me, Your Highness, how long will the wait be?" Ji Bu was stubborn and asked since he saw Fusu looked in a good mood.

Seeing that Fusu refused to answer, he hurriedly bowed and ran away.

After going out, Ji Bu told everyone, "It's actually no big deal. I have told the prince all your thoughts, and the prince did not blame you."

Liu Ji, Feng Jing and others were trembling with anger.

"I think it's better not to call Shang Jibu when we do things in the future."
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Fusu knew that the soldiers could wait this time, but next time he would probably have to give them some tasks to do.

Fusu wrote a letter to his great uncle, asking him to tell him about the mining and steel smelting conditions in his fiefdom.

If not, he would send these people to live and eat with the craftsmen... just in case of emergency. Otherwise, he would have no other troops at his disposal.

As for other arrangements, we are not in a wartime state now and Fusu does not have the power to make appointments. Only the issue of the fiefdom is settled.

This was the greatest convenience Fusu had gained for himself.

But Fusu was still optimistic.

Sometimes, when a person is too powerful, he may arouse the jealousy and fear of others; but when he becomes strong, he will become the object of active dependence of the weak.

When a big tree grows, many people are bound to want to come here to enjoy the shade.

Li Xin was the first one.

A month ago, Ying Zheng issued and promoted his own ruling rules. After that, Ying Zheng took the time to assign famous generals from the battlefield to local areas and let them serve as lieutenants to guard one side.

When Li Xin arrived in Linzi, he told Fusu about Ying Zheng's crazy behavior in the past few months.

"You don't know, Prince. His Majesty the Emperor divided the country into thirty-six counties, each with a governor, lieutenant, and supervisor."

"Later, the name of the people was changed to 'Qian Shou'."

The common people can tolerate other things, but it is a bit unreasonable for Ying Zheng to change the common people to "Qian Shou".

The Qin State wanted all its people to have the Qin hairstyle, and changing hairstyle was allowed.

But this is calling all the people 'black heads', what is this?

Ying Zheng's contempt and disdain for the people was so great that even the people of Qin began to talk about it.

However, Li Xin was still conservative and did not tell Fusu about these things, lest Fusu hit him with bamboo slips again.

"The Emperor now frequently orders banquets. Almost once every five days. The discarded wine can only be poured out. The stinking ditches in Yongxiang are no longer smelly. The ditches are filled with the aroma of wine. Bear paws and abalone have to be transported from far away in an endless supply."

"His Majesty also said that all weapons in the country should be collected together and concentrated in Xianyang, melted down and cast into chimes, as well as twelve metal statues, each weighing one thousand stones, and placed in the palace. This is already being done."

Fusu was not surprised. This was something that had happened in history.

However, when these things happened to him, Fusu couldn't help but think of the embarrassing situation when he distributed wine to the soldiers on the battlefield of Chu. If there was enough wine, no soldiers would have questioned it at all.

However, Ying Zheng and his men took the wine and poured it into the stinking ditch in Yongxiang.

But when Meng Tian, ​​Meng Yi and Zhang Cang heard this, their expressions changed.

Especially Zhang Cang, if it weren't for Fusu, he would have scolded Ying Zheng long ago. Zhang Cang knew that the First Emperor's watch was not a good thing.

"His Majesty the Emperor dismissed Prime Minister Wan and Prime Minister Zhuang and appointed Feng Quji and Li Si as Prime Ministers. Prime Minister Li Si was responsible for unifying laws and regulations, weights and measures, the distance of vehicle tracks, and the characters used for writing."

"From now on, the territory of our Qin Dynasty extends eastward to the sea and Korea, westward to Lintao and Qiangzhong, southward to the places where the windows open to the north, northward to the Yellow River as a barrier, and from Yinshan Mountain all the way to Liaodong."

"His Majesty the First Emperor listened to the advice of his ministers and relocated 120,000 wealthy merchants in the country to Xianyang. On my way here, those wealthy merchants were driving their carriages, carrying baggage, and dragging their children towards Xianyang City."

"The ancestral temples, Zhangtai and Shanglin of the Qin emperors of all dynasties are all south of the Wei River. Over the years, whenever the emperor destroyed a vassal state, he would imitate its palace style and build a palace on the hillside north of Xianyang, close to the Wei River to the south. From the east of Yongmen to the Jing River and Wei River, the palace corridors and corridors are continuous."

"The First Emperor placed here the beauties, bells and drums that he had robbed from the vassal states."

Fusu felt a little numb after hearing this.

He remembered that Ying Zheng did a lot of things, but he didn't expect that he did so many things.

Fusu had been away from home a lot in recent years, and some things were only heard occasionally. But when Li Xin took stock of all that Ying Zheng had done in the past three months,

Fusu felt that if Ying Zheng continued like this, he would get himself into big trouble.

For example, Li Xin, as a garrison general on his way to Yan, ran to Linzi City to visit himself.

It couldn't be that he realized that I was more handsome than him, so he came here to admire me, right?

After Li Xin finished speaking, he said to Fusu, "Everyone is looking forward to the crown prince completing his duties and returning home early to persuade the king. Now the ministers in the court are all looking forward to the crown prince's return."

After hearing this, Fusu naturally would not return to Xianyang.

He felt that Ying Zheng had become unlike a human being, with no bottom line and no fear at all.

That’s right, he has abolished the “Posthumous Title Law”.

"You, quickly send General Li down to have a rest. Treat him with good wine and delicious food. If you neglect him, I will take your heads." Fusu looked at Liu Ji and Feng Jing.

The two of them were about to ask Li Xin to leave.

But Li Xin was unwilling to do so. He came to see Fusu to bring a message to the court officials.

"Prince, you are the only one who can advise the king now."

Fusu's heart tightened. With Ying Zheng becoming like this, only if the ancient goddess of war, Lady of the West, came down and beat him up would there be a possibility that he would be able to recover to his original state.

"Okay, General Li, you're tired from the journey. Go down and rest first." Fusu looked at Li Xin and spoke word by word while gritting his teeth.

Li Xin looked at Fusu's expression and left reluctantly. Before leaving, he drank up the wine, "The wine in Linzi City is much more refreshing."

After Li Xin left, Fusu couldn't help but let out a long sigh.

Meng Tian stepped forward with a worried look on his face. "Prince, are you going back to the palace?"

Fusu held his chin with his hand. If Ying Zheng was not crazy, how could he have the chance to ascend to the throne?

However, Fusu did not expect that Ying Zheng would act so crazy and have no bottom line at all, which made him feel a little scared.

A person who has lost his bottom line can do anything crazy.

For example, a crown prince who was popular among the people was deposed.

Fusu always remained clear-headed about the current situation and environment he was in.

(End of this chapter)