My son, Fusu, please abdicate the first emperor!

Chapter 657 Let Me Build a Platform for You

It would be impossible for Ying Zheng to make such a major choice in a short period of time.

Ying Zheng asked Li Si.

"What do you think?"

Li Si, sitting upright, stroked his beard. The beard was like dead grass, black and white, and had become hard and naturally no longer shiny.

"Your Majesty, everyone is praising the Crown Prince for what he did. At this time, Your Majesty can only go with the flow and respond to the will of the people."

Ying Zheng's face twitched. "Qin has never believed in the will of the people. Without actual benefits, there is no will of the people to talk about."

Ying Zheng didn't believe that Fusu really had so many people and soldiers supporting him. At least nominally, the power was still in his hands, and anyone who dared to betray him would be sentenced to death.

Fusu only catered to the expectations of some people, and with the help of some old and powerful people who were out of power, he added fuel to the fire. That was all.

He just thought he had the upper hand.

Seeing Ying Zheng's gloomy face, Li Si was actually very conflicted. In fact, the relationship between the prince and him was neither good nor bad. Now that he was helping His Majesty to deal with the prince, he would become the prince's enemy. This would be very detrimental to his future career.

The bright light shone on Li Si's pale beard. His face looked old, with various tiny wrinkles on it, and his eyelids had drooped.

But his eyes were still bright. His extremely smart brain made his eyes appear brighter than those of a young man.

On the other side, Ying Zheng sat on the throne. He tried his best to conceal his emotions, and even wanted to depose Fusu.

His beard was shiny, thick, and majestic, exuding the charm that a mature man of this era should have.

As for the hair, it is thicker and more shiny.

But after he turned thirty-five, Ying Zheng's appearance began to change. His horns became more prominent, his cheeks became wider, and he slowly became like a ferocious beast, similar to a dragon's head.

According to numerology and physiognomy, a person's appearance is the same as his or her parents at birth, and changes based on his or her own behavior and psychology.

Anyone who sees Ying Zheng's extraordinary appearance and imposing aura with their own eyes will feel fear in their hearts.

What’s more, Li Si and other ministers were in conflict with him day and night.

Li Si said to Ying Zheng, "Your Majesty, we should make big things small and small things nothing. It's just a process, we should proceed step by step, don't be impatient. At this time, any big move that is not good for the prince will make the people angry."

Ying Zheng asked coldly, "Does the Crown Prince already have such influence?"

Li Si just lowered his head and remained silent.

Ying Zheng was unwilling to follow the clear path pointed out by Li Si.

Li Si wanted to gradually dissipate Fusu's strength, just like he had to act slowly. He couldn't act rashly at this critical juncture, otherwise he would end up with nothing and suffer unimaginable consequences.

Seeing that Ying Zheng was dissatisfied with Li Si's idea, Yao Jia thought that it seemed that His Majesty wanted to kill the prince.

This is good, as I once instigated Your Majesty to kill Han Fei, the prince's respected teacher.

The prince was also close to people like Xiao He, Zhang Cang, and Chen Ping, who were honest and intended to uphold justice in the world.

When the prince ascends the throne in the future, I will definitely not have an easy time.

So, Yao Jia offered a strategy to Ying Zheng.

"Your Majesty, the Crown Prince killed Zhao Gao not because he intended to offend you. It was because of your Majesty's sake. When Zhao Gao was alive, he used your name to illegally occupy land and collect bribes."

"I heard that Zhao Gao was always rampant in the palace, doing whatever he wanted. He even committed the crime of defiling the harem in the palace."

"The prince killed Zhao Gao, it must be for the sake of your majesty. In fact, even if you take a step back, the prince's action actually did not bring any benefit to him."

Ying Zheng frowned. He felt that Yao Jia had grown old and had begun to become unable to speak.

Yao Jia continued, "The Crown Prince's affection for Your Majesty is obvious to everyone. Over the years, the Crown Prince has been at Your Majesty's side and has made countless contributions."

"But your majesty has always been indebted to the prince."

When Zhou Qingchen heard what Yao Jia said, he was so scared that his neck shrank. It seemed that his head and neck were not connected tightly and would fall out of his collar if he was not careful.

Li Si just sat there quietly.

He felt that Ying Zheng was a little anxious now. This was not good. Anxiety would lead to chaos. Even though His Majesty was wise and ruthless, he still had a flaw.

He achieved too much at too young an age and could easily lose control.

Such as now.

Li Si saw through it, but he would never say it out loud.

Ying Zheng was a little impatient.

Yao Jia said slowly, "Since the prince killed Zhao Gao for the sake of your majesty's honor, this is absolutely not an infringement on your majesty's dignity and reputation."

"On the contrary, the prince is trying to restore your majesty's dignity in front of the people of the world and revive the king's prestige. Now that Zhao Gao is dead, your majesty should be happy."

"Because of what Zhao Gao did in the past, he has now borne the consequences himself. Your Majesty's innocent name will soon spread throughout the world."

Ying Zheng was such a smart and wise man that he immediately understood the hidden meaning of the words.

Yao Jia’s meaning is very simple.

This incident has already happened. Fusu has indeed hurt Your Majesty's dignity in front of his subjects and the people, and especially damaged Ying Zheng's face.

Logically speaking, since Fusu did such a rebellious thing, Ying Zheng deposed him, but at least Zhou Qingchen and others didn't think it was a big deal.

The strange thing is that Ying Zheng was determined to establish the county system, but the prince was a very flexible person.

In a country like China with a long civilization and historical heritage, politicians who are flexible and good at compromise are extremely popular.

Therefore, Fusu, who neither spoke highly of the county system nor spoke ill of the feudal system, almost gained the support of two groups of people at the same time.

This is the root cause of Ying Zheng’s current loss of power.

However, Ying Zheng would never bow to the feudal system, but he also had no way to eliminate Fusu's influence within the empire.

Therefore, Yao Jia’s solution was to cover up the deadlock, help Ying Zheng jump out of the quagmire, and cleanse his image in the eyes of people all over the world.

This was just the first move Yao Jia made against Ying Zheng.

"The prince is a filial son. Over the years, he has been extremely caring for the motherless Eighteenth Prince, and is also very protective of his younger brothers. It is impossible for anyone not to like such a filial and brotherly person."

In fact, everyone has a great desire for love in their heart, but many people can't even make ends meet, so they have no way to pursue it. But in fact, everyone will envy someone who has a good relationship.

Especially for someone like Fusu who is very good to his brothers, in a situation where everyone has an unhappy family, he almost becomes the brother that many men and women in the world desire to have.

Yao Jia saw through this, so after he made up for the lost step for Ying Zheng, he quickly handed Ying Zheng a sword to kill Fusu.

"The Crown Prince is a man of love and righteousness. Carrying forward his filial piety and brotherhood is what Your Majesty should do now."

"Many times, it is not a person's shortcomings that kill him, but his strengths. Since the prince is loyal and filial, Your Majesty should let the whole world know that he is loyal and filial."

Ying Zheng stroked his beard and said, "Good!"

"Great!"

Ying Zheng was so happy that he even said something like "Dashan".

This method was no longer reasonable, but completely sublimated. He led Fusu from the path of life to the path of death.

Who could have imagined that a prince who was praised by the world for his loyalty, filial piety, benevolence and righteousness would do unimaginable bad things to the emperor in the future? How would the world evaluate him then?

This method of killing people invisibly without using any hands or knives is what a true master can do.

Let those who thought they had won lose, and let those who thought they had lost win.

Zhou Qingchen quickly praised, "Shang Qing is worthy of being Shang Qing."

"High. Really high!"

Li Si also admired Yao Jia's talents very much.

But Li Si had other concerns. In fact, judging from Fusu's personality, he liked Han Fei when he was young, but he did not avenge him.

However, he was able to kill Prince Dan of Yan and Zhao Gao one after another at the right time.

This shows that this person is not someone who doesn't bear grudges. On the contrary, he is very smart and very vindictive.

So today, Your Majesty listened to Yao Jia's plan and plotted against the Crown Prince in this way, building a high platform for him and allowing him to reach the pinnacle of morality.

This will only push the prince into a desperate situation.

Li Si closed his eyes, he had a premonition that something bad was going to happen.

The most frightening thing about a relationship between two people is a third party coming out to add fuel to the fire.

Originally it was just a small matter and could be let go, but Your Majesty insisted on fighting for it, so he couldn't help.

Ying Zheng noticed that Li Si was dissatisfied, but he preferred Yao Jia's approach.

Ying Zheng, who was extremely competitive, would never give up Yao Jia's method. "Go on."

Yao Jia's cheeks were rosy and his complexion was very good.

"At this time, Your Majesty should use a generous reward to awaken the prince's fatherly love for Your Majesty."

"And the prince should be given due rewards for his contributions over the years. This will not only make the prince grateful to Your Majesty again, but also let everyone see that Your Majesty treats the prince fairly and justly." Yao Jia's meaning was very simple. If he wanted to turn the situation around, he had to first pay back what he owed Fusu in the past.

Because only in this way can Ying Zheng become an blameless person.

Since Fusu must be placed on a high platform and unable to come down, one cannot simply flatter Fusu. Otherwise, Fusu will be standing on a moral high ground like Zhang Cang, and he will be able to look down on Ying Zheng and destroy him.

Therefore, the Crown Prince must be kept on the high ground and unable to come down, and cannot do anything to Your Majesty. The key step still depends on what Ying Zheng does.

"Your Majesty should reward the prince generously."

"The prince's past merits, every one of them, must be clearly listed, and he should be given troops and land."

Ying Zheng frowned, "Troops?"

In fact, it’s not Yao Jia’s fault for his vicious plan. In fact, he is the one who understands Ying Zheng’s worries best.

What Ying Zheng was worried about was Fusu's rebellion.

If Fusu rebelled, what he lacked most was the army.

Therefore, Yao Jia made suggestions with the purpose of stopping Fusu's rebellion from the very beginning, so his tactics were in line with Ying Zheng's thoughts and truly effective.

Yao Jiake is different from Li Si. Li Si has talent, but Yao Jiake only has good words.

Yao Jiake knows this all too well.

For the prince, he had no other value except that he had once conspired with Zhao Gao and Li Si to kill Han Fei.

Therefore, Yao Jia had to keep Fusu in prison and make him lose power.

Yao Jia changed his voice and said with emotion, "Your Majesty. Sometimes giving to others is the real way to help yourself. Giving the prince the army openly is much better than letting him approach the army himself."

Yao Jia's words frightened Zhou Qingchen and Li Si.

Li Si looked at Yao Jia worriedly. He was fanning the flames between the Crown Prince and His Majesty, and the Crown Prince would not surrender. There was a huge flaw in Yao Jia's plan, which was that he assumed that the Crown Prince would be helpless in the face of his plan.

But how is this possible?

Yao Jia did not care at all about the favor Fusu had shown him by allowing him to make up for his sins in Zhao State and clean up the Battle of Changping.

Zhou Qingchen was originally a marginal figure in Ying Zheng's private power group, because he was not as smart as Yao Jia, not as cunning and vicious as Zhao Gao, and not as strong and talented as Li Si.

After listening to this conversation, he was so scared that his soul left his body, and his hands and feet began to become numb and cold.

Slowly, sweat began to appear on his forehead.

Ying Zheng also found Yao Jia's words unbelievable.

"Is it necessary to give Fusu an army?"

Yao Jia asked, "Your Majesty, do you still remember how Duke Zhuang of Zheng dealt with his own brother?"

"Your Majesty, the prince is your son, not just a simple subject. As the supreme ruler of the world, do you want to treat the prince in the usual way?"

Yao Jia is indeed smart and he understands the ways of the world.

"Your Majesty, after a hundred years, you still have to let the crown prince succeed to the throne."

When Ying Zheng heard this, he was indeed shaken.

Yes, that rebellious son is a bastard, but I have no better successor than him.

Yao Jia understood Ying Zheng's thoughts thoroughly.

Yao Jia added, "Otherwise, how can we show that Your Majesty was deceived by Zhao Gao in the past. Now that Zhao Gao is dead, this is a good time to let the officials and the people see Your Majesty's wisdom and bravery."

"Rewarding the prince at this time is a great act, which comforts him and demonstrates your majesty's justice."

Ying Zheng was delighted.

"Yes. Then how many troops should be given to the prince as a reward?"

"Your Majesty, the more the better." Yao Jia smiled at Ying Zheng.

Ying Zheng was displeased and sent the three people away from Zhangtai.

Yao Jia left the palace, but came back.

He saw Ying Zheng again, who was sulking.

"You still have the nerve to come back!?"

Ying Zheng was not polite at all and he now wanted to kill Yao Jia.

The human heart is unpredictable. In the last second, Ying Zheng wanted to kill Fusu, but in the next second, he realized that Fusu was the successor to his kingdom. Ying Zheng loved his kingdom and career more than his son, so it was not difficult for him to make a decision.

In short, Ying Zheng slowly remembered that Fusu was his son.

So at this time, Ying Zheng wanted to crush Yao Jia, who wanted to restrain Fusu and even put him in danger, to death.

In fact, subconsciously, Ying Zheng was still unwilling to give Fusu the army.

It's that simple.

When Yao Jia saw that Ying Zheng was angry, he stood respectfully.

"Your Majesty, please allow me to speak to you alone."

Ying Zheng glanced at the servants around him, and they all left obediently.

At this time, it was already evening and the light in the hall was dim.

Yao Jia stood in the black shadow area and asked Ying Zheng three questions.

"Your Majesty, you will reward the prince with a thousand soldiers. The prince can use these troops to break into the palace. Moreover, with a small number of people, it is not easy to be discovered when they are training."

"You have rewarded the prince with 10,000 troops. If the prince goes to train, someone will definitely leak the news. The people will definitely find out, and then the prince will be disloyal."

"If you reward the Crown Prince with 100,000 troops, if the Crown Prince wants to join the army, let alone ask them to move the entire army, even if they want to withdraw a team of 100 people, it will require your Majesty's approval."

"Because the other half of the tiger talisman is in your Majesty's hands."

"So when the prince has a thousand soldiers, he can do a lot of things; when the prince has ten thousand soldiers, he is restricted; when the prince has hundreds of thousands of soldiers, he can hardly move an inch."

Upon hearing this, Ying Zheng kept clapping and cheering.

"Good! Great good!"

"Yao Jia, your sharpness and wit are unmatched by any other official in the court."

Yao Jia bowed and said, "Your Majesty, I am a strategist after all."

Everyone thought that Yao Jia was not telling the truth and that he must be pretending to be a disciple of the school of diplomacy to keep up appearances, but in fact he was a real school of diplomacy.

"If this plan is carried out, everything can be calmed down."

However, Ying Zheng did not agree, he had a new idea.

"I intend to send Fusu to the south to supervise the army. He will only supervise military affairs, nothing more. I plan to send Fusu to supervise the 500,000 troops in the south. What do you think of this number?"

When Yao Jia heard this, he was confused at first.

"There is a lot of miasma in the south. The prince's health."

"Xianyang is more dangerous than Nanyue." Ying Zheng suddenly said this.

This made Yao Jia unable to figure out the emperor's attitude towards his son Fusu and his views on everything.

Yao Jia no longer dared to speak openly in front of Ying Zheng.

To be honest, Ying Zheng still hated this son very much. He hoped that Fusu would suffer as much as possible.

A son who has lost his mother will most likely no longer receive the same love from his father as before.

But, father is father after all.

No one in the world wants to live a good life more than your parents.

Ying Zheng saw with his own eyes what his ministers thought of Fusu. In order to keep their own position, to eliminate Fusu's influence, to restrain Fusu, to prevent court officials from supporting Fusu, and to save Fusu's life.

In order to achieve all these goals, Ying Zheng decided to let Fusu leave Xianyang. He planned to dispatch some other generals to deal with the war in South Vietnam.

in fact……

Over the past few years, Ying Zheng could see with his own eyes that Fusu had grown up, and from the moment he killed Zhao Gao, Ying Zheng knew that this son was his own.

Ying Zheng realized the general trend, but no matter how closely he and his subjects were related, they were all surnamed Zhou, Li, or Yao. Fusu was his family.

If the meat is going to rot, it should rot in your own pot.

A few days later, Fusu, who received the order, suddenly remembered that when he was just 16 years old, Ying Zheng sent him as an envoy. At that time, Ying Zheng gave up Bashu. About ten years later, Ying Zheng sent him again, but he was sent to the dangerous Nanyue.

The dark clouds of this huge storm have already gathered and are spread over the sky above Xianyang City.

(End of this chapter)