My son, Fusu, please abdicate the first emperor!

Chapter 628 This is all for the sake of Big Brother!

"What? Your Majesty wants me to go to the palace to manage finances and organize food supplies?"

After the messenger who delivered the memorial handed the imperial edict to Zhang Cang, Zhang Cang immediately came to Momen with the book to look for someone.

As a result, when everyone saw Zhang Cang, they all ignored him.

He came to the palace and talked a lot about Lu Ze, whom he admired very much.

"I tell you, this is my first time serving the Emperor. When I see His Majesty, I will make a statement in person and explain to His Majesty the various shortcomings of His Majesty's current administration."

Zhang Cang stroked his beard, feeling very proud and pleased.

The other soldiers looked at each other.

Lu Ze just looked at Zhang Cang calmly, "If you really want to say that, we can only go to your grave to pay tribute to you next year."

Zhang Cang was speechless and could only look at Lu Ze quietly. Then he rolled up his sleeves and left in frustration.

Zhang Cang was extremely lucky. On the second day after taking office, because Ying Zheng was very anxious about the issue of troops, food and fodder, Zhang Han brought him, Tong Cheng and Cao Shen to see Ying Zheng.

Seeing Ying Zheng, Zhang Cang stood at the end of the three people, as quiet as a bride who had not yet lifted her veil on her wedding day.

This was the first time Ying Zheng saw Zhang Cang face to face.

Zhang Cang was a man of great stature and handsome appearance, with skin as white as gourd seeds. He was very handsome, and the beard on his chin was very proportionate.

Zhang Cang, wearing a jackal crown, was very eye-catching in the crowd.

"Are you Zhang Cang?" Ying Zheng's powerful voice sounded from high above.

"Your Majesty, I am your subject." Zhang Cang walked to the front tremblingly. Zhang Cang himself couldn't count how many times he had scolded Ying Zheng in front of others.

Cao Shen was able to remain calm when facing Ying Zheng for the first time, but now when he saw Zhang Cang like this, he couldn't help laughing in his heart.

Zhang Han was also calm. He saw that the Emperor was in a good mood today, probably because he had summoned the famous ministers around the Crown Prince.

Tong Cheng was not in a hurry either.

Only Zhang Cang was in a hurry, like a guilty thief.

Ying Zheng was not aware of Zhang Cang's scolding of him, but he remembered seeing his signature on several occasions in the memorials.

"I remember that you have advised me many times."

The three of them only heard a plop.

Someone knelt down.

"Your Majesty, I acknowledge my guilt."

Upon hearing this, Ying Zheng stroked his beard and shook his head, "It seems that you are only good at talking, but your bones are very soft."

Zhang Cang was so frightened that he broke out in a sweat.

Looking at this sneaky Zhang Cang, I suddenly lost interest in him.

Ying Zheng couldn't help but frown, "I heard that you are the most important minister beside the crown prince, but now it seems that you are exaggerating."

Everyone looked at Ying Zheng in astonishment.

Your Majesty, don’t you know how harshly Zhang Cang scolds him every day?

Ying Zheng set his eyes on Cao Shen again, "You are Cao Shen, the other person recommended by the crown prince."

"Your Majesty, I am a commoner, but I am favored by the Crown Prince and am able to serve Your Majesty. It is my great honor."

"Tell me, what should we do with the money and food next?"

Cao Shen made a lot of preparations in advance.

"I heard that when Prime Minister Wang and Prime Minister Wei were in office, they regarded the issue of money and food as the most important thing for the country. Military books also say that food and grass should be prepared before troops move."

"I think the policies formulated by the two prime ministers before were correct."

After taking over the job, Cao Shen discovered that the reason the Qin Empire was suddenly in such a predicament was because after Ying Zheng ascended the throne, he abandoned Wang Wan and Wei Zhuang, and his policy focus shifted.

Ying Zheng placed war, imperial tombs, corvee labor, and criminal law ahead of finance and food.

"Most men in the world like to live a life of excitement and excitement. But the prerequisite is that there must be a woman who dares to be ordinary and stays behind to look after them."

"Confucius's vision is very unique. The relationship between men being superior and women being inferior in the family corresponds to the relationship between the king being superior and the ministers being inferior in the court."

"If a king wants to expand his territory, he must have stable and financially competent people in his court, so that he can have no worries when he is away from home."

"I, a humble official, personally believe that the empire should now focus on agriculture, sericulture and civil affairs, and the circulation of currency also needs to be managed. To resist foreign aggression, we must first stabilize the country."

Ying Zheng looked at Cao Shen with full admiration.

"That's right. From now on, you will be responsible for the collection and delivery of food and fodder."

Cao Shen was somewhat bewildered. "How can you entrust such an important matter to a humble person like me?"

This was too sudden.

Ying Zheng smiled and said, "I have never restricted myself in employing talents. I am more daring than the Crown Prince."

Ying Zheng had heard that Fusu had made various arrangements to protect his talents, and even wanted to hide them in his harem, fearing that he would be discovered. This was not bold at all.

[However, Ying Zheng didn't know. I don't plan to pretend anymore.]

From then on, Cao Shen became an important official close to Shaofu Zhang Han, entering and leaving the palace treasury and taking charge of military supplies and fodder.

Ying Zheng told the four people some things.

Upon learning that Zhang Cang was good at mathematics and could be in charge of bookkeeping, Ying Zheng even raised an eyebrow.

And Zhang Cang just nodded in agreement.

By the time the four of them left the hall, Zhang Cang was already sweating profusely, and the back of his clothes was completely soaked with water.

Zhang Han looked at Zhang Cang with disdain.

"I've always heard that Censor Zhang is naturally courageous, so how come he almost lost his manners when meeting Your Majesty today?"

Zhang Cang's face turned red and his neck became thick, thinking that he had the crown prince behind him, so he had nothing to fear. Zhang Han did not dare to deny him face.

Zhang Cang wiped the sweat off his face with his sleeves. "It's all because I ate too much beef before going out today."

Seeing him like this, Zhang Han was too lazy to pay attention to him.

Zhang Cang let the other three go first, and he chased after them alone because his legs were so weak from fear.

Zhang Cang kept muttering to himself, "I cursed Qin Shi Huang, and today I saw him in person, and I am still alive. I am so lucky."

Along the way, Zhang Cang was also engaged in active psychological construction.

But from that day on, Zhang Cang's reputation of being "full of courage" spread throughout the Xianyang Palace.

When Liu Ji came back and heard about this, he laughed out loud.

"I think all the courage in Zhang Yushi's body was blown out of him. When he saw the Emperor, he was scared out of ninety-nine of them."

In short, after this meeting with Qin Shi Huang, Zhang Cang became much more obedient. After that, whenever someone talked about Qin Shi Huang, Zhang Cang would stay away from them.
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On the other side, Fusu was about to follow Ying Zheng on his eastern tour.

Before leaving, he ordered a thorough investigation of the Imperial College, with the goal of finding the person who submitted the memorial in the name of the Imperial College.

This incident immediately caused a huge uproar in the Imperial College.

Everyone was hoping that Fusu would step forward, but he chose to retreat at the critical moment, which made people in the Imperial Academy talk about Fusu. Anyway, when there are many people, this kind of situation often happens.

A trivial matter may explode and lead to a crisis because of the blind obedience of a crowd.

Fearing that the situation would spread, Fusu ordered the Huben Guards to search the Imperial Academy one by one and check everyone's handwriting as a verification in the hope of finding the real murderer.

Chen Yu and Zhang Er stayed in the Imperial Academy, they had been idle, never had a chance to display their talents. Now they heard that the prince had ordered to find someone, the two of them secretly discussed in the room at three o'clock in the morning.

"I thought that by following Lord Hengyang, we would have the opportunity to rule the world in the future. I didn't expect that Lord Hengyang would be such a person who only obeys his father's orders. I see that he is determined to stand on the side of his father as he searches like this."

"I think we should just go." Chen Yu said seriously.

Zhang Er stroked his beard and said, "Today I watched the Tiger Guards search the palaces. In fact, the Crown Prince was investigating and correcting himself. This is very different from the Supreme Court's investigation, where the Crown Prince personally dispatched jailers and guards to arrest suspicious persons."

"I think this is the prince's way of protecting us from the Imperial Academy, and also a warning to us, telling us not to act rashly."

Chen Yu looked at Zhang Er, stamped his feet in anger and said, "You didn't see how arrogant they were when they searched every room today."

"You must learn to be tolerant and wait. I think after this incident, the Emperor has completely handed over the Imperial College to the Crown Prince and is completely unwilling to pay attention to people like us. If we don't follow the Crown Prince, where can we go in the future?"

"All under heaven belongs to the king; all within the four seas are the king's subjects. These are not empty words." This was the advice Zhang Er learned from Li Si.

Chen Yu was helpless.

"Does that mean that the glorious times we once had are gone? And that the best I can do in the future is to be someone's subordinate?"

Zhang Er tried to persuade him again, "If you don't want to be a subordinate, then you can only be a commoner. Are you willing to go home and farm? Or marry two or three wives and spend the rest of your life in vain?"

"My brother knows me." Chen Yu could only sit on the ground helplessly.

This is the benefit of Fusu moving all the scholars to Qin. There were people like Li Si and Feng Quji who were deeply influenced by the idea of ​​unifying the world, and there were also the talented scholars who helped Lu Buwei compile Lu Lan. They interacted and learned from these scholars.

Even the content that Fusu arranged for each of their sects was centered around the era of great unification. This forced these people to think about the benefits of great unification for the world.

The people of the six countries are disintegrating the grassroots cadres sent by the Qin State; but at the same time, the Qin State is also forcefully absorbing and assimilating the elites among the people of the world.

However, Lü Shizhi's search was fruitless and he returned to see Fusu empty-handed.

"Your Highness, I have searched every corner of the Imperial Academy and questioned every person, even the servants. But no one has ever found out who submitted this memorial."

Lü Shizhi was horrified, and even asked Fusu, "I suspect that someone else is trying to frame the prince?"

Fusu frowned, "Although I haven't made much progress in these years, there shouldn't be anyone in Xianyang who dares to go against me."

Lu Shizhi shook his head, "That's not necessarily true. In this world, there are always people who overestimate their own abilities. No matter how talented the prince is, just because you have a high status, they will think that your talent is actually obtained by plundering the talented people around you. Isn't this what everyone often thinks?"

"As long as a person is very rich, he will definitely be considered to have come from an unjust source."

Fusu looked at the honest Lu Shizhi.

After listening to Lu Shizhi's words, Chen Ping found them quite interesting.

"Perhaps, it was not necessarily the people who lived in the Imperial Academy who submitted the memorial. Rather, it was some people who could enter and leave the Imperial Academy at any time. They submitted the memorial in the name of the Imperial Academy in order to avoid being implicated, or to get the Crown Prince involved."

After Chen Ping's words, Fusu already had the answer in his mind.

If something happened at this time, Fusu would not be able to follow Ying Zheng to the East China Sea. This time, Ying Zheng specially set up a project for the East China Sea tour. Many people cheered and regarded it as an honor to follow the prince this time.
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In Hengyang Palace, a young boy in the past has now grown into an adult.

Prince Hu Hai sat at the desk, in a daze.

Chunyu Yue gave him many instructions and teachings, which gave Prince Hu Hai many new ideas.

When Hu Hai was thinking with his chin in his hand, a white figure came into his sight.

"elder brother--"

"Hu Hai."

As soon as Fusu arrived, Hu Hai immediately stood up and gave his seat to Fusu.

Hu Hai was wearing a dark blue robe. He was at the age of having his hair tied up, and looked youthful and lively.

"Brother, why are you free to come here today?"

"I heard from Chunyu Pushe that you can start writing articles soon. I came to see you before the Eastern Tour."

Hu Hai's heart was beating fast and he immediately looked down at the ground.

But soon he looked up and said, "I wonder what you want me to write?"

"Just write something."

Under Chunyu Yue's guidance, Hu Hai has completely become a gentleman.

Not only was his words and actions calm and measured, he also had the nobility of a royal prince, but he was a little restrained in front of Fusu.

Being reserved is naturally because of being indoctrinated with etiquette and rules. Now, one's whole mind is filled with that set of etiquette and order.

Fusu asked Hu Hai to write it, and he wrote it down seriously.

Hu Hai's handwriting was also imitated from Fusu, who was a calligrapher of the Qin Dynasty.

Fusu sat in the upper seat, looking at his younger brother. A few years ago, he was still grabbing his clothes and fighting with others for him.

Now he looked so innocent. If Chen Ping hadn't reminded him, he would never have thought that the problem might be in his own palace.

Fusu was just daydreaming, and Hu Hai quickly finished writing.

Hu Hai handed the book over respectfully, looking nervous.

Fusu was not surprised when he saw the handwriting.

"He who can protect the country is the one who can achieve the ultimate good. Among the princes, the one who can achieve the ultimate good is the leader; among the nobles, the one who can achieve the ultimate good is the teacher."

"In the past, when our ancestor Duke Huan appointed virtuous people and praised virtue, ruined states relied on him for survival, and endangered states looked up to him for safety. Therefore, the people were pleased with his government and the world admired his virtue. When he went on long expeditions and violent expeditions, those who worked hard did not feel angry. When he sent envoys from all over the country to pay homage to the emperor, the princes did not complain. At that time, the conduct of great rulers could not be advanced."

"When he died, he became weak and lazy, neglected virtue and indulged in pleasure. He indulged himself in women and servants and relied on cunning men. Therefore, the people suffered from his government, and the world did not like his conduct. Therefore, he died in the Hu palace without being raised, and the insects came out without being collected."

"At that time, the followers of Jie and Zhou could not do anything bad. The Book of Songs says: 'Everything has a beginning, but few can have a good end.' Those who cannot have a good end will not be able to rule their country."

Fusu finished reading it in one breath and felt a sense of righteousness in his heart.

Hu Hai explained, "This is the article written by Yan Zi to comment on Duke Huan of Qi. I often read it and I feel deeply moved."

"So you wrote that memorial?"

"it's me."

Fusu couldn't help but feel disgusted. He was made sensible but didn't care about national affairs so much. Is this a good thing or a bad thing?

"It's unbelievable that such a long and beautiful article, full of eloquence and profound thoughts, was completed by a 14-year-old boy alone. Our Great Qin is truly full of talented people."

Hu Hai shook his head, "Brother, you are wrong. I have actually been writing these articles for almost half a year. I listened to the lectures of the teachers in the Imperial College every day, and listened to the discussions of the famous scholars after dinner. I compiled the various comments of the scholars on what my father is doing now."

"I feel deeply that what my father is doing now is probably far from what a saint would do. That is why I wrote this chapter."

Fusu looked into Hu Hai's clear eyes and said, "But you chose to sign your name as Imperial College."

"This is all for Big Brother's benefit. Everyone hopes that Big Brother can do something, but Big Brother does nothing. I can only take a risk and help Big Brother."

【Then I would like to express my special thanks to the first leader of my life. I will add 10,000 words for this first leader. Thank you, Labi Star.

Thank you for giving me this reward when I was at my lowest point in life. It means a lot! I will cheer up and insist on completing the creation of this book. 】

(End of this chapter)