My son, Fusu, please abdicate the first emperor!

Chapter 616 How about I give you this position (asking for monthly ticket)
"Your Majesty, the Crown Prince has returned to the palace."

On both sides of the bronze table, memorials, bamboo slips, and silk books were piled up like small mountains.

The attentive eunuchs even posed the memorial in a shape that looked very much like the pyramids that are now standing in the desert somewhere in the western ocean.

There are four pyramids in front and behind.

If other people saw these four pyramids, they would probably be so scared that they couldn't sleep all night.

But when Ying Zheng saw these memorials, he was extremely excited. He worked on them day and night.

In the past few months, he and his ministers sang and danced, immersed in the new atmosphere of the unified empire. Those days were so wonderful.

Today, the extreme enjoyment of the past has begun to backfire on Ying Zheng.

He had to deal with the implementation of the new system and all the documents submitted by the local Qin officials after they officially arrived at the local area and started to work...

In just half a month, Ying Zheng's workload increased three times compared to before.

Because of these memorials, the young and beautiful concubines in the harem suffered. Ying Zheng had not been to the harem for a long time.

Naturally, some crises are brewing.

After the usher made his report, he bowed his head and stood respectfully aside. The floor in the hall was bright, and the usher stood respectfully on the floor, and could see his image clearly from the floor.

The inner hall of Zhangtai Palace had long been built with golden splendor, with bronze cranes, golden roosters, jade dragons, etc. shining brightly in the hall. In early summer, the scorching sun shining into Zhangtai Palace made every object in the hall reflect luster.

At this moment, the doors of the palace were wide open, and Bingjian was emitting cold air.

The farmers were wearing hemp clothes on the ground, with their arms and legs exposed, but Ying Zheng was wearing a silk long gown, fearing that he would be attacked by the cold air.

And Ying Zheng was concentrating on writing and reviewing memorials and dealing with important matters concerning people's livelihood.

Everyone in the world knew that Qin Shi Huang loved Han Feizi's teachings. However, people did not fully understand the meaning of Han Feizi's teachings. Only the top officials of the empire understood that Qin Shi Huang appreciated Han Feizi's teachings of "using tactics to identify treachery and using punishment to stop punishment".

Only severe laws and severe punishments can we curb all kinds of chaos in society!
This way of thinking influenced the bureaucratic governance style and atmosphere throughout the Qin Empire.

In the memorials submitted to Ying Zheng, no one talked about personal relationships. All of them were from local officials and generals, who made corresponding punishments and rewards according to the rules and regulations of the Qin laws that had already been formulated.

Ying Zheng was very busy - he had to read all these memorials and mainly comment on the words "okay" and "good".

All he had to do was to control and understand the situation in every place in the world, firmly grasp the sword of power, and not allow even a little bit of it to slip away. Whoever dared not to report, report late, or report unclearly would be doomed.

Naturally, Ying Zheng enjoyed this kind of job more and more.

Is it happy to be an emperor? Of course it is!
Ying Zheng is addicted to this and cannot extricate himself.

The usher waited for a long time, but the only sound in the hall was the faint sound of Ying Zheng reviewing the memorials. Ying Zheng's sleeves moved up and down as he reviewed the memorials.

The imperial eunuch waited for a long time before speaking for the second time, "Your Majesty, the Crown Prince has returned to the palace."

Ying Zheng never raised his head. "Where is he now?"

"Just returned from the Queen's Palace."

Ying Zheng twirled his beard.

"Is the Queen happy today?"

"I don't know this minister."

Ying Zheng did not speak. The envoy quickly said, "I will go check it out right away."

"No need. Let the prince come to see me."
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"Prince, you are back too late. There were so many grand banquets in the palace before, but unfortunately you missed them all."

I'll let Ying Zheng finish the work at hand first.

Fusu said nothing.

Only those who have never experienced glory regard glory as a good thing. Underneath the glory lies an endless abyss.

It's okay for him to show up occasionally. Everyone knows that he is the master of the future empire.

Besides, as a son, how can I always steal the limelight from my father?

The imperial eunuch led Fusu into the palace, and Fusu looked around. He must have come to the wrong place.

The imperial edict saw what Fusu was thinking, "At the beginning of the year, His Majesty the First Emperor ordered the renovation of the palace, and all the furnishings in the palace were replaced again."

Ying Zheng's hobbies have always been very practical.

Fusu looked at the two pairs of bronze lions placed at the entrance of the palace, and walked into the palace. The floor was covered with bronze bricks, and the pillars were also painted with dragon and wind patterns.

Many bronze candlesticks in the shape of young girls were added to the hall, each of which was half the height of Fusu.

Several bronze screens were also added. The one that attracted Fusu's attention the most was the largest one.

The topography of China was cast with copper, and then inlaid with countless pearls and gems, and even famous mountains and rivers were engraved on the side. The style is magnificent and sparkling.

There is also a large copper-cast map on the floor of the hall. The map on the screen is always limited by length; but the map on the ground is large enough to draw every local county.

Seeing the new masterpiece created by his father's craftsmen, looking at the magnificent palace, and thinking about what he had seen on his way home, Fusu felt deeply that the rulers of the empire had a huge gap in material living conditions compared to the common people of the world.

I'm afraid that with the unification of the empire, the rulers of the Qin Empire have forgotten their original intentions.

Just like that, Fusu's joy of returning home was wiped out.

"Father--"

Ying Zheng was a little stunned.

This title, which is familiar to fathers all over the world, is very rare for Ying Zheng.

However, these words did not arouse the father-son affection that Ying Zheng felt for Fusu.

Ying Zheng subconsciously thought that Fusu was trying to play the emotional card with him.

This confirmed the suspicions that Ying Zheng had been having. Ying Zheng had long been wondering whether Fusu, given his personality, was dissatisfied with his policies.

Although they all believed in Han Feizi's theory, Fusu's approach was more inclined to Mencius's theory that the people were more important than the king, and the vitality of the people was the most precious.

If Fusu's views and practices were to be implemented for a long time, he could easily dethrone Ying Zheng from the throne.

Ying Zheng didn't say anything, but just put down his pen, wanting to see what else Fusu would do.

"This trip to Qi County was very fruitful. In the end, I brought back a gift that can solve the urgent needs of the empire. This gift is a gift to celebrate my father's title as the First Emperor and sweeping across the world."

Fusu's actions made Ying Zheng even more suspicious.

Ying Zheng was confused. Fusu had never given me a gift before, so why did he give me a gift this time when he came back from Qi County? Was it because he knew that it was wrong for him to investigate and punish those remote towns along the way on his own initiative?

He obviously made a mistake and came here deliberately to please.

"What gift?" Ying Zheng's tone was calm, and his thoughts became difficult to understand. "My biggest wish when I go to Qi County is to find a way of governing that is suitable for the current situation of great unification of the world, so as to help my father govern the world."

"This idea, combined with the county system implemented throughout the empire, can ensure that the Qin Empire will last for a thousand years."

Ying Zheng originally planned to find an opportunity to punish Fusu, preferably by sending him to places like Longxi or Bashu, and taking the opportunity to reduce his political influence.

After all, the current empire only needs Ying Zheng.

But what Fusu offered obviously moved Ying Zheng.

"I know that you have rectified the Hundred Schools of Thought and cut down their branches. This move has certainly caused many people to resent your actions, but because of your actions, the Hundred Schools of Thought have submitted to you one after another."

"I heard that you wrote a lot of poems to attract them. You even proposed a theory of academic research. Now all the scholars in the world follow you."

The hall was filled with fragrant breezes and wisps of purple smoke rose from the cauldron.

"These things are originally my duties."

"And what is your gift?"

"After repeated considerations, I realized a huge problem. Confucianism is out of date, like a castle in the air. It cannot serve the county system established by the current Qin Empire, and it cannot adapt to the emperor system established by my father."

"The Qin Legalists were the foundation of Qin's governance. But before Han Feizi, and even after Han Feizi, there was no such independent school of thought, let alone its context and system."

"In fact, after traveling around the countries, visiting wise men, and asking the people, I found that Qin law is too harsh for the Qin people. And for the people of the six countries, Qin law is very different from their past living habits."

"Qin cannot abandon the Qin rule of law. Law is the foundation of our Qin rule. But if we use the ideas of Qin Legalists, such as promoting Han Feizi's theory, I am afraid it will attract criticism from the world."

"No one in the world is willing to accept the Qin Legalists as a standard of thought. Based on the interests of the people, they are very repulsive to Han Feizi's statecraft. The people like the teachings of Mencius and Mozi."

Ying Zheng listened for a long time, frowned and asked, "Is this your gift to me?"

"After much thought, I finally came up with a solution for the empire and my father. This solution can lead the empire to a path that will never fall."

"What's the way out?"

"Govern the country with Mohism."

Ying Zheng stroked his beard. If Fusu had not always been a serious man, he would have suspected that Fusu was making fun of him.

"The Mo family?"

Fusu: "Yes. It is the Mohist school. After Mozi's death, the Mohist school was divided into three factions. Xiang Liqin, a great Mohist scholar, hoped to realize the Mohist ideal of universal love and non-aggression. He brought Mohist disciples to the Qin State, hoping to use the power of our Qin State to achieve non-aggression."

"A hundred years have passed in the blink of an eye. Now, our Qin State has conquered the world, and has indeed fulfilled the wish that Xiang Liqin hoped to realize when he came to Qin State - non-aggression."

"This is all thanks to the blessing of our ancestors and the wisdom and bravery of our father. Otherwise, no one else would have been able to accomplish the great cause of unifying the six kingdoms in just a dozen years."

Ying Zheng was so highly sensitive to politics, how could he not understand the meaning behind Fusu's words.

"So, you finally excluded Confucianism, gave up Qin Legalism, and chose Mohism. You planned to use Mohism's universal love and non-aggression to support the unification of the empire, and use Mohist ideas as a cloak for the imperial system."

Fusu replied: "Human nature is evil. Most people prefer leisure to hard work. Forcing them to suffer physical pain will only make them resent my father and reject our Great Qin Empire. Why bother?"

"What the empire needs to do is to guide the people of the world in the right direction. Use the popular Mohist thought to make Confucian thought come out of the bamboo slips, extract the essence of the thoughts of various schools of thought, make them become the wings of Mohism, and help the empire take root in the millions of people of the world, rather than the original Qin people."

"Both Mohism and Confucianism are deeply rooted in people's hearts. Taking Mohism as the main body, the Confucian pursuit of ethical love replaces the universal love that Mohism emphasizes, and the Confucian emphasis on monarch, minister, father and son replaces the Mohist emphasis on organizational system and power distribution."

"The essence of Confucianism was fully extracted; the Mohist thought, which was deeply rooted in people's hearts, was used to attract the people of the world with the most substantial words of emphasizing practicality and pursuing practical interests, so as to persuade them to accept the imperial system and change the people's thinking."

"This will help resolve the internal worries of the Qin Empire. Of course, there are conflicts between the people of Qin and the people of the six countries. Among the hundreds of schools of thought, other than Mohism, which other school of thought can help the Qin Empire smoothly overcome the current difficulties?"

After listening to Fusu's words, Ying Zheng couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

This kid actually knows what a great cause I am doing. He understands me without telling me and is helping me accomplish this great cause.

Thinking of this, Ying Zheng began to forgive Fusu a little.

"But what you said is just a hypothesis."

"In the eyes of the people, the Qin Legalist ideology is always only beneficial to the emperor, but it is still unpopular. Confucianism is popular, but it is probably a higher ideal for the king to truly regard the people as higher than himself."

"In our time, this is simply impossible. Geography and time are barriers, and it is difficult to pass government orders. How can we say that the people are more important than the king?"

"In this case, Mohism is the only choice."

Ying Zheng looked at Fusu and couldn't help asking, "How sure are you?"

"Ten percent!"

Ying Zheng's eyes lit up, "So confident?"

Mainly, Fusu believed in great man practice.

Mozi conquered the hearts of the people by his own actions and made the people of that time worship him; and the gardener [abbreviated as Jiaoyuan] also proved by his own actions that there is nothing wrong with taking the mass line.

Whoever lifts up the people is the Lord of all peoples! Whoever lifts up the people is the King without borders!

Fusu's eyes sparkled and he said with high spirits, "Father, you can rest assured to give it a try. In our era, no ideology is more suitable for the current situation than Mohism. Thanks to Mozi's practice a hundred years ago, both the Qin people and the six countries firmly believe in Mozi's words."

Ying Zheng breathed a sigh of relief. His long-tensed nerves completely relaxed after Fusu presented him with the gift.

It turns out that there is someone who understands me.

But when Ying Zheng looked at Fusu, he quickly understood something. Fusu was tying his own fate to the fundamental interests of the Qin Empire, so that no one could touch him.

Ying Zheng dismissed his attendants.

He stood in front of Fusu, loosened his belt himself, and spoke to Fusu earnestly.

"Logically, I should reward you for what you have done. But none of your actions over the years have been within the rules. Under the pretext of following orders, you have been cultivating power for yourself. I know everything you have done."

"Let me count them. You have so many identities now. My crown prince, the crown prince of Hengyang who is supported by everyone, the owner of Yingchuan fiefdom, the chief priest of the Imperial Academy, the chief minister who made the greatest contribution to the destruction of Chu, and the latest one, the one you proclaimed yourself - the great master of the Mohist school."

"From what you just said, you know exactly what the people of the world are thinking about the situation in the empire and the predicament I'm in."

"So, these days, I have been thinking about a question. How about I give you this seat?"

Ying Zheng pulled Fusu and deliberately pointed to the throne he had sat on before.

"I will accompany your mother back to Yongcheng to rest. How about you govern the world?"

Fusu broke out in a sweat.

"Father - I have no such intention."

"Don't worry. This is such a big thing. It should shock the world. You know it, I know it, and the heaven and the earth know it. Go back and think about it carefully. Come to me after you have thought it through."

[I caught a cold and became paralyzed. I am not updating very well. I hope you readers will forgive me.]

(End of this chapter)