My son, Fusu, please abdicate the first emperor!

Chapter 662 Quiet Winter

After Fusu, Feng Wanwan and his two grandsons left, Qinian Palace immediately fell silent.

Ying Zheng didn't even know who to scold.

Scolding a son and scolding a servant are two completely different feelings and experiences.

At this time, Ying Zheng did not know that what he was experiencing was exactly what most families in the world would soon experience.

This can be considered a happy farewell.

After the annual sacrifice, many young people returned to their hometowns to visit their elderly. When Fusu's family was together, it was a time for the family to reunite.

Now, Ying Zheng was all alone, feeling lost, as if he had lost something extremely important.

Only after he had dealt with some urgent matters in Qinian Palace did he dare to lie down and rest.

This replenishment lasted another day and night.

When Ying Zheng woke up the next day, he felt as if he had suffered a great loss. He rushed to Zhangtai Palace and dealt with memorials eagerly.

Ying Zheng is a typical workaholic.

If I don't work for a day, I will feel uncomfortable all over.

Poor eunuchs and servants who followed him, they also worked around the clock for Ying Zheng twelve hours a day.

On the other side, Xia Wuqi, who had escaped the disaster by chance, quickly found Madam Gan Tang.

"Thank you, Madam, for rescuing me yesterday."

Feng Wanwan smiled and said, "You actually remember me. It's worth my speaking for you."

Feng Wanwan was not a simply kind person. To put it bluntly, she saved people to save herself and her husband. She was not like the queen, who simply wanted to save others.

Feng Wanwan also admired Xia Wuqi's spirit of repaying kindness.

She was thinking, this man is the doctor who has been accompanying her father for many years. Not only is he an excellent doctor, but he is also trusted by her father. It is definitely a good thing to be on good terms with him now, so that she will have the opportunity to use him in the future.

So Feng Wanwan invited him to sit down and served him a fruit plate and meat, but she couldn't help asking him a few more questions.

"I heard that the doctors will start accompanying my father on his eastern tour next spring. This time, my father will tour the sea and offer sacrifices to the creatures in the mountains and rivers at sea."

"Your Majesty has always wanted to visit the East China Sea, and this tour has been planned for a long time. I have the protection of the ancestor and master medical skills, so I am honored to be part of this tour."

"Dr. Xia is a skilled doctor, and everyone in the palace knows this. My child has a fever since he was young, and I hope Dr. Xia can come and help when he's free."

Xia Wuqi was also a smart man. Ever since the prince killed the scourge Zhao Gao and avenged Shangshu Ling Lin Xin, everyone in the Zhangtai Palace followed the prince.

After your Majesty became the First Emperor from the King of Qin, he became a completely different person and he no longer treated his subordinates in the same way.

Ying Zheng used to be a very strict leader, and all those working under him were definitely experts in their respective fields.

But in the past, Ying Zheng was only strict with his subordinates. And because he himself was the kind of person who pursued perfection, he treated himself with higher standards than others. For a memorial, they would look at how their king wrote it, so how others handled the documents would they be any worse?

But later, after Ying Zheng became the emperor, his mentality changed. He was no longer just strict as before. Ying Zheng began to deal with people instead of things. In the past, Ying Zheng dealt with things, but later, Ying Zheng dealt with people.

In fact, after losing his opponent, Ying Zheng began to lose his balance mentally.

He felt that he had already achieved so much and accomplished such an unprecedented feat. If anyone dared to make him unhappy, then that person was despising him.

Yes, it was this extreme thought that made everyone around Ying Zheng start to tremble in fear every day, worrying that their heads would fall off tomorrow.

In the past, if someone was dealing with a project delay, Ying Zheng would find a way to solve the problem, such as ordering additional personnel; but Ying Zheng in the later period was not like that. He did not believe that there were things that could not be done well, only people who could not do things well. So his way of dealing with it became to kill the original person and replace him with a more capable person.

Judging others based on one's own experience is a mistake that an emperor should not make.

The historians at that time had already made a conclusion about this cruel practice, which was that he was stubborn, mean and ungrateful, and only applied the law to everything without considering human feelings.

This confirmed Wei Liao's words, Ying Zheng treated people like livestock and all the people in the world as captives.

Although some people are not human beings at all, but beasts, Ying Zheng's actions inevitably led to the generalization of the issue and wrongly accused some good people.

Xia Wuqie has been with Ying Zheng for a long time and serves him every day. He knows Ying Zheng's physical condition and even his thoughts very well.

It’s just that he is good at medicine and doesn’t need to take power, so he has always lived a relatively safe life.

In fact, he had suffered a lot from Zhao Gao in the past, but now he was fine. Zhao Gao was dead, and the letter was gone. His Majesty suddenly lost two capable assistants and had to select new people, which greatly reduced his efficiency in handling matters.

Now that the Hengyang Palace is in power, Your Majesty is alone and getting older, so naturally, people no longer have high hopes for Your Majesty the First Emperor.

Xia Wuqi didn't want to affect his career, so he agreed to Madam Gan Tang's invitation.

When leaving Hengyang Palace, Madam Gan Tang ordered her maid to give Xia Wuqie twenty horseshoe-shaped gold cakes.

When the heavy gold cake was placed in the saddle bag, Xia Wuqi was so frightened that he dared not move.

"Madam, how can this be done?"

Feng Wanwan smiled and said, "I am just thanking you for taking care of my father for so many days. What's the burden? The late queen passed away, and there is no one to take care of my father. I am a junior and it is not convenient for me to take care of him. I can only trouble the doctor."

"I'm afraid it will be hard on the road during this eastern tour. You must take good care of His Majesty and take care of His Majesty's diet and daily life. I heard that illness comes from the mouth. When the queen was alive, she didn't allow His Majesty to eat too much meat."

"You should pay more attention to the meals and follow the Queen's instructions. Let His Majesty always feel that the late Queen is still by his side."

Xia Wuqie didn't expect that just because he bribed someone, Madam Gan Tang would actually say that he was fulfilling his filial piety.

"Madam, you are so righteous. If I don't accept your kindness, it would seem that I am blind and don't know the real purpose of a mountain."

Xia Wuqie left with the heavy gold in his pocket.

When he was going out, he met a tall young man walking towards him. He recognized this man. He was the spear-bearer beside the prince, who was almost always by the prince's side.

On the day the prince killed Zhao Gao, they were all stopped outside the door and were not allowed to enter.

"Sister." Feng Jing walked in and sat at the table drinking ginseng tea.

"What's wrong with you? You look like a concubine who has fallen out of favor in the cold palace."

Feng Jing muttered, "It's almost the same." "I heard that this time the prince left, he wanted to leave Chen Ping and Xiahou Ying behind."

"Yeah. Something like that, we need to leave some people to look after the house."

Feng Wanwan pulled Feng Jing to sit down, "If he stays, it may not mean that the prince values ​​him more."

Feng Jing couldn't bear it this time. Ever since Chen Ping did those shady things and helped the prince escape danger time and time again, Fusu became more trusting of him.

"Sister, you don't know. When the prince sees Chen Ping, it's like seeing his own brother. He obeys everything he says. Chen Ping never chats with others, only with the prince. They always stop talking halfway, then smile at each other. They both understand, leaving us guessing."

"In the past, the prince would always open the door when discussing matters, and sometimes he would even ask me what I thought. But since Chen Ping came, he won't even let Shao Ping in. Whenever there's a meeting, Chen Ping must be there, and the door must be locked."

"Anyway, I can see it. The prince treats this guy named Chen Ping differently from us."

Feng Wanwan looked at Feng Jing, "You serve the prince with this mentality. This is just one Chen Ping. A man like the prince should have ten Chen Pings around him. How will you cope with it then?"

Feng Jing said nothing.

Feng Wanwan seemed to have figured something out, "You don't want to become the prince's most trusted person, do you?"

Feng Jing asked back, "Can't I?"

Looking at Feng Wanwan's expression, Feng Jing asked in a low voice, "Is it because I am ambitious but incompetent? I am not worthy of being her match?"

"You, you, if you think so, then the others around the prince will naturally think so even more. If a person can only be jealous, he will not be able to accomplish anything great."

"Then what should I do?" Feng Jing was really anxious. "Looking left and right, there are talented people everywhere around the prince. That Lu Shizhi was not used to the palace at first, but now he can get along well with the soldiers, not to mention that Lu Ze."

"It would be fine if they were down-to-earth and didn't make mistakes. But their personalities are like rocks, hard, steady, solid, and heavy. But the most important thing is that they can stay calm, they dare to be low-key, and they dare to be humble."

"And I, I just can't do it."

Feng Wanwan looked at Feng Jing tenderly, "Brother, I can see that you are not jealous of them because you dare to point out their strengths."

"You just want the prince to value you more. Now the question is, do you really want the prince to value you more?"

"Of course. I've been working as a spearman for almost ten years." Feng Jing always felt that someone was gossiping about him behind his back.

"Then you should listen to me. If the prince likes Chen Ping, you should send someone to take care of Chen Ping. If the prince wants to leave, you should send someone to take care of Chen Ping's family. If someone is dissatisfied with Chen Ping, you should send someone to deal with the person who is dissatisfied with Chen Ping."

"Won't I become their mother?" Feng Jing was unwilling.

"It's a bit troublesome, but it's the fastest way to gain favor. Brother, you don't want to be a halberd bearer by this time next year, right? The prince is going to go to war this time, do you know how many people are eager for this opportunity?"

"Going along on the expedition will be a great opportunity for you to make merit."

Feng Jing shook his head. "I heard from people in the palace that the reason why His Majesty sent the Crown Prince out this time was to reduce his influence in Xianyang. The reason why he sent the Crown Prince to supervise the army and attack Nanyue was to make the Crown Prince stay in Nanyue longer."

"As for military merit, this time the Crown Prince is only the military supervisor. His Majesty will not let the Crown Prince go to the battle. I always feel that those who stay behind..."

Feng Wanwan roughly understood what was said and made a gesture to Feng Jing to keep quiet.

"As the Crown Prince's personal advisor, you should stay by his side at this time. Don't tell these things to anyone else."

"The situation is now very clear. However, the more critical the moment, the prince cannot make the slightest mistake, otherwise His Majesty will have the opportunity to punish the prince."

"As for His Majesty, any slight mistake he makes will definitely be used as an excuse to make trouble."

"Have you noticed that this winter is exceptionally warm? There is a peaceful and tranquil atmosphere inside and outside the palace. In fact, this is the result of the confrontation between the two forces, which has led to a balanced situation in the court."

"I guess no one wants to change this situation. And neither the Crown Prince nor His Majesty dares to make a mistake at this critical moment. Whoever makes a mistake first will be eliminated."

After hearing these words, Feng Jing felt a warm current flowing through his whole body.

"Why didn't I see that?"

"Men are big and strong, and they don't care about trivial matters. Although we women stay in the same place every day, we can see a lot of problems from some details."

"Have you not noticed that His Majesty has restrained himself a lot now? In the past, His Majesty would have certainly done something earth-shattering. But this year, he has been so quiet."

"And I guess after the Zhang Cang case, the number of court officials impeaching each other has decreased by half recently."

Feng Jing was surprised, "Sister, you are so good at predicting things. It is true. Zhang Cang will be released in a few days. Because Your Majesty wants to use his ideas to reorganize the commodity economy."

Feng Jing and Feng Wanwan chatted for a while, and they immediately felt directed from their original confusion and helplessness.

In fact, Feng Jing was worried about the confusion about his future if he stayed with the prince.

With Chen Ping, Fusu and Chen Ping began to plan for the future, but Fusu did not reveal his plans to others.

Feng Jing realized that his prince was classified as a member of the second tier, similar to Zhang Cang, the Lu brothers, Liu Ji, and Shao Ping.

Not only Feng Jing felt anxious, but so did the Lu brothers. It's just that they were used to solving stress by being busy.

The days simply repeated themselves, and several new millstones appeared in Xianyang City for grinding grain.

The common people were curious about this new gadget and imitated it one after another.

The city of Xianyang was surprisingly quiet that year.

It is also a year in which no major historical events were recorded during the reign of Ying Zheng.

Some small things can't be allowed to ferment any further.

However, in the Nanyue army, everyone was already looking forward to Fusu's arrival, even though spring had not yet arrived and Fusu had not yet arrived.

The place Fusu was going to next was a battle involving the lives of millions of people, which was no less difficult than attacking the State of Chu.

It is no exaggeration to describe the scene as one with blood flowing and millions of corpses lying on the ground.

First of all, we have to start from when Ying Zheng had just pacified the State of Chu.

According to the compilation of the historians, Qin Shi Huang dispatched General Tu Ju to lead 500,000 soldiers to form five armies... For three years, they did not take off their armor and draw their crossbows, so that the supervisors had no money to pay for their salaries; they also used soldiers to dig canals to open up the food supply route to fight the Yue people, and killed Xiou Jun Yixu Song (the leader of the Western Yue army);
The Yue people all hid in the bushes and lived like beasts. No one was willing to be Qin's captives. So they appointed Jie Jun as their general, and attacked the Qin people at night, defeating them greatly. They killed Wei Tu Ju and left hundreds of thousands of corpses and blood. Then they sent out garrisons to prepare for the Qin attack.

In the 28th year of Emperor Qin Shihuang's reign, he ordered Wei Tu Sui to mobilize 500,000 soldiers to form five armies. One army was to guard the border of Fancheng, one army was to guard the pass of Jiuyi, one army was to be stationed in the capital of Panyu, one army was to guard the border of Nanye, and one army was to guard the water of Yugan.

(End of this chapter)