My son, Fusu, please abdicate the first emperor!

Chapter 636 Conspiracy
“We set a deadline of 100 years.”

Fusu held the wine cup and said to the three bewildered people:

"It is natural for meritorious officials to get land. But God has a benevolent heart. He understands that the past cannot be changed, but the future can be pursued."

"In the early years, Prime Minister Wang came up with a plan to allow the central government to retain an absolutely large territory and an absolutely strong armed force. This was to protect the central government and prevent war."

"But in a hundred years, the vast sea will become flat land."

When Yang Miao heard that it would be a hundred years, his eyes began to move around.

This prince is indeed extraordinary, a natural born political master.

This was before the fiefdoms had even been divided, but they were already planning on taking back the fiefdoms a hundred years later.

Yang Miao narrowed his eyes.

Yang Duanhe was also surprised. "The prince is really smart. He made an agreement in advance that if my descendants are unwilling to hand over the land and become subjects, then the future emperor can attack us with justification."

"This is the real conspiracy."

Wang Ben was also stunned, "The prince can still play like this."

Fusu looked at everyone with a look of astonishment, but continued speaking slowly.

"Since you are all considering the people of the world, it is a good thing to propose a redistribution of the pie."

"But I think, in order to prove your determination to consider the interests of the world, to preserve your innocent names in history, and to prove your sincerity and even loyalty to me, please swear an oath with me."

"If one day, Fusu becomes a sharer of the spoils, then as long as you dare to make a hundred-year oath with me in the ancestral temple in front of the spirits of the Qin kings, I will then enfeoff the meritorious officials who pacified the world according to the agreement."

"What do you think?"

Fusu raised the wine cup and said, if they agreed, they would raise their wine cups and drink with him.

If you disagree and find another excuse, then the matter is probably over.

The three men looked at Fusu who had already raised the wine cup. As ministers facing the crown prince for many years, they all knew that they had to drink wine, but wasn't this matter a little too big?

One hundred years later...

In fact, they are just saying nice things, their purpose is to make that piece of land belong to themselves and their descendants forever.

The prince's actions were equivalent to making them his subjects. And there was a clear deadline.

The three of them winked at each other and finished their drinks first.

After giving Fusu enough face, Yang Miao took the lead and said, "We have been waiting for the Crown Prince for too long today. Could you please allow us to rest for a while? After all, the day is still long and there are many things to discuss."

The three men drank the wine, but Fusu put down the wine cup and did not drink the toasts from the three men.

This move is meaningful...

"Everyone, please leave. We can discuss this again in three days. Good things are worth waiting for."

The three men bowed to Fusu with solemn expressions and full of respect.

Chen Ping watched the three people leave and couldn't help but look at Fusu.

Once upon a time, Chen Ping hoped to become a great man in the future and bring fairness to the people of the world. But after seeing Fusu's experience and deeds, he felt that it was too difficult to do these things.

Not only must you ensure that you are not corrupted by selfish desires, but you must also compete with other masters who are full of selfish desires.

Difficult, too difficult.

However, Fusu's performance always suppressed them and he firmly held the upper hand.

It looked like Yang Duanhe was angry, but in fact it was because they had no other options. Fusu held the initiative.

As soon as the meeting with them ended, Fusu immediately felt relieved.

"See? This is a wolf's ambition."

Chen Ping bowed and said, "Your Highness, you are too modest. It was really wonderful just now. You made them obey you perfectly."

Suppressing his subjects was not a difficult task for Fusu.

The main reason is that he is the crown prince and has never had any room to show his abilities.

He is a modern man with two thousand years of history in his mind. In addition, he has the ideas of Han Fei and even the real history of Prince Fusu one thousand years before the Qin Dynasty, the future Qin II!
"There is nothing to be happy about now. We will know the outcome in three days."

In fact, Fusu asked them to go back and think about it carefully. This was mainly because the matter was so important that it was impossible for the three of them to make a decision overnight.

If we want to maintain the imperial system, we must make good use of the parallel system of counties and kingdoms.

Because the Qin Empire needs to buy time to extend its life so that it can create miracles in the future. The empire still has many crises to solve, and it is in need of manpower. If someone can guard the distant border, it will not only protect the territory.

For a country with a vast territory, sometimes a tiny piece of land can be lost.

Because sometimes the land is really useless, for example, in the desert, where even birds don't shit, so occupying it is actually of no use to the country.

The real significance of safeguarding every inch of the country's land lies in safeguarding sovereignty and dignity.

Especially for a superpower, a tiny piece of land can be discarded by itself, used for experiments, or left deserted.

But you must never let your partners take it away and then declare yourself king. This is like slapping the emperor in the face, and it is also like handing a knife to your partners and waiting for them to grow stronger and stab you back.

The history of the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period after the Zhou Dynasty is the best negative example written in war and blood for the Chinese.

Love peace, not war!

Therefore, Fusu would not be careless about such matters. If he blindly reached some kind of cooperation with them for the position of emperor in a hurry, it would probably cause immeasurable consequences for the Qin Empire in the future.

Moreover, after this small council is over, Wang Ben and his colleagues will have to go back and find a way to persuade other generals.

This is the real use of these three people.

And this time was different from the previous time when Fusu let Xiong Qi give up his position as a prince by drinking wine. Fusu relied on Ying Zheng's power to force and lure Xiong Qi into submission.

Now, Fusu wants to overthrow Ying Zheng's regime and become the leader himself.

Fusu had to consider that after what happened he would still be in absolute control over his ministers.

So he must have the upper hand in this negotiation.

Fusu had thought of this as early as after Ying Zheng established the county system throughout the country, and he had been waiting for the heroes to get close to him.

I just didn't expect this to happen after my mother passed away.

The sudden death of his mother made Fusu feel like he had lost his home and his life became uncertain.

After all, she left so suddenly and I was caught off guard.

But with the passing of my mother, I seemed to have good luck and many good things happened to me.

Her dream was about to come true, but she had no chance to see it with her own eyes.

This was probably the biggest regret in Fusu's life.

Fusu sat in the guesthouse and waited, and also tried to go to the streets of Shouchun City to see what was going on.

He wanted to know how the Chu people were doing today.

On the other side, after the three generals Wang Ben, Yang Miao and Yang Duan withdrew, they began intensive discussions.

Fusu showed his political skills in front of them, which made the three men dare not be careless towards Fusu anymore.

"A hundred-year agreement. That is to say, after a hundred years, the Qin royal family will take back the fiefdom given to us. This is a cruel move." Yang Miao's eyes were sharp.

When Fusu was not around, Wang Ben instead showed the demeanor of Marquis Tongwu.

"The prince has always been a man of strategy. We have seen it on the battlefield. Why are you sighing here now? I am not surprised at all that I have made this suggestion to the prince. If you think about it carefully, the prince does not seem like the kind of person who would be willing to let the princes protect the royal family."

Yang Duanhe didn't want to talk to Wang Ben.

This time, Wang Ben is doing things that go with the flow, and with his merits, he will probably acquire a lot of land in the future.

The difficult part now is for Yang Miao and Yang Duanhe. They want to divide the land, and the land they divide should be larger. After clarifying the political program of following Fusu means opposing the war, they put all their opportunities on helping Fusu become emperor.

They have to be the ones who contribute the most so that they can get a larger fiefdom.

"The prince is plotting this. With just one move, he has forced you and me to leave the hall. We have already been defeated." Yang Duanhe sighed, "Now that things have come to this, can we still refuse? It has come to this."

Yang Miao said, "There's no need to be so pessimistic. If he is the kind of person who can be persuaded with just a few words, he might be an ignorant fool who is not up to the task."

"The prince is very wise to come up with this idea. Only by following such a person can we get what we want."

"Think about it carefully. If there was no prince, what would we be doing now?"

Yang Miao obviously wanted to follow Fusu's advice.

In fact, when Fusu asked why the entire empire should be divided, Yang Miao understood why Fusu was the heir to the empire chosen by the First Emperor.

Wang Ben also said, "On one hand, there is the county system. On the other hand, there is the coexistence of counties and feudal states for hundreds of years. We don't have any choice."

(End of this chapter)