My son, Fusu, please abdicate the first emperor!

Chapter 666 I've Been on Guard Against You
The Qin army attacked the Baiyue tribes, but because the battle took place south of the Yangtze River, the Qin army had no way to deal with the situation calmly, even though they knew about the Baiyue tribes.

The people of Qin were indifferent to the war because they had no way to gain benefits from it.

The wife who had originally hoped that her husband would be promoted to a general and granted a title of nobility lost her husband forever, and the mother who had originally hoped that her son would return safely, saw her son for the last time.

The heavy casualties of the Qin army and the frequent bad news made the people very angry about the war against Baiyue. The news that the commander Tu Wei was killed made the people of Qin even more panicked.

As mentioned before, fighting a war depends on whether the people are willing, not just whether the soldiers are willing to follow. Public opinion is the key to everything!

Even at this point, Ying Zheng still hasn't realized the seriousness of the problem.

The common people in the country were extremely disgusted and hated the war with the Baiyue.

What made Ying Zheng feel difficult was that this was only the first large-scale attack by the Qin army on Baiyue, and the number of Qin army casualties was around 30.

According to the current household registration system of the Qin State, because of this war that the people had been looking forward to, 300,000 families have been destroyed, 300,000 resentful women have been created, and at least 300,000 children have no father to rely on.

Because of the personal suffering brought to the people by Ying Zheng's wrong wishes, it has been secretly marking the survival of the Qin Dynasty.

In history, the remaining 10 people from the first attack on Baiyue retreated to the eastern border of Guangxi. Although the casualties of the Ou Luo army were also very heavy, they did not have the strength to continue the attack. So the two sides formed a standoff, and the standoff lasted for 3 or 4 years.

When Fusu arrived, the two sides were in a standoff, and the soldiers had been staying in the south for a long time, which could almost be called a tropical rain forest at that time.

White elephants, rhinos, crocodiles, and pythons were active in the south during this period. The Baiyue people revered nature and always tried to live in harmony with these animals. They did not have the concept of being superior to others, and almost regarded them as animals, a link in the food chain.

The Baiyue people lived with animals, and the number of these animals never decreased on a large scale.

But things were different after the arrival of the Qin army. The first thing they did was to destroy the forest and open up wasteland, and the second thing they did was to hunt on a large scale.

You know, for men who are naturally active, garrisoning is more painful than fighting. What's more, the northerners were stationed in an environment like the tropical rainforest. They had been guarding for two or three years, and they saw that the confrontation had not ended.

Fusu's mines were being mined on a large scale, Qin's weapons were becoming more sophisticated, and Qin's technology was becoming more advanced, even the wire drawing technology could be made. But all this could not destroy the Baiyue people.

Although they were backward, they loved their compatriots and their land, and hated the Qin people who attacked and destroyed their homes without reason.

It is better to perish together with the enemy than to let the Qin people succeed.

The defeat resulted in the death and injury of more than 300,000 brothers, and the pressure from above made the Qin army, which was confronting them, also filled with hatred, and both sides were competing with each other.

So, while burning the forests and grasses, the Qin army released their pressure by chasing and hunting those huge beasts.

In recent years, the number of elephants, tigers, and rhinos in Shanglin Garden has increased sharply. Many of them were presented to Ying Zheng by the Qin army after the battle, in order to deter other countries from attacking Ying Zheng as soon as possible.

Qin was located in the west, bordering many neighboring countries, and had established relations with many countries. Usually, during the exchanges, the neighboring country became a county of Qin.

In addition, the Qin army was also developing treasure hunting in the Guangdong and Guangxi areas. They were looking for minerals, herbs and the like everywhere.

The Qin army was very excited as they set foot in an unknown world for the first time.

They couldn't wait to discover the treasure.

So when Fusu rushed to the Guangxi garrison, what he saw was not the beautiful scenery of the tropical rainforest that looked like a fairyland, but a pitch-black land with burnt soil and wood everywhere.

The Qin troops stationed here cut down trees crazily; the merchants smelled business opportunities, bribed officials, and also engaged in timber business in the rear.

Everything seemed in order.

What blew on Fusu's face was not sweet mist, but thick smoke.

The soldiers were excited when Fusu arrived.

General Ren Xiong had several scars on his face and had been bitten by snakes three or four times. He looked much older and his eyes were filled with anger and hatred towards Ying Zheng.

But Fusu is different. Ren Xiong had seen Fusu before. At the beginning, on the battlefield of Chu State, they all felt that Fusu's behavior was effeminate, but not now. They deeply realized that people like Fusu were what the world really needed.

They have done it wrong in the past.

Not only Ren Xiong, Zhao Tuo was also very excited. General Meng Tian had said long ago that he admired the prince's political ideas. Now everything has been verified, and Fusu's original ideas were correct.

After the war against Baiyue, the Qin army began to dislike war.

This is normal.

When something reaches its climax, its nature will change. When they attacked the six kingdoms, the morale of the Qin army was high and they did not feel that they were belligerent. Now that they attacked the Baiyue, they finally understood the cruelty of war.

There is a certain destiny somewhere.

Failure makes people sober, and opponents make people in awe.

This failure was of great significance to the empire, Ying Zheng, and the Qin army.

Everyone is longing for a new leader, hoping that he can lead them to end it all.

When Ren Xiong heard that Fusu was coming, he ordered his soldiers to cut down trees and build a large building for him.

"The barracks are simple, and I'm afraid the prince won't be used to living there, so I ordered the soldiers to give the prince two months to build this small building. The soldiers are idle anyway."

To be honest, Fusu was very touched.

Fusu knew Ren Xiong very well, he was a warrior. He took the initiative to build a small building for him, which showed that he cared about him.

Caring and pleasing are two different things.

Fusu saw passion and longing in Ren Xiong's eyes, and of course, injustice, grievance and tears.

"The general is thoughtful."

"The prince has gone through so much trouble to come to Baiyue and share the joys and sorrows with us. We are truly grateful. We also thought that the prince was used to living in the palace and might not be able to stand such a hot and humid place, so we built this house for him."

Fusu felt warm in his heart as he looked at this small building, which was similar in size and layout to the five-courtyard houses in Xianyang City.

In fact, Ren Xiong and his men had only heard about the events in Xianyang City from merchants and envoys a long time ago.

In these years, His Majesty the Emperor has held all the power, and no one dares to say anything bad to Him. Only the Crown Prince can stop His Majesty from going further and further.

Recently, the prince did another great thing, which made the people of Xianyang cheer and rejoice, made the common people all over the world praise him, and made the soldiers in the army excited.

When everyone is extremely painful, helpless, angry and powerless, as long as someone is willing to stand up and speak for them, they will be very moved. Fusu directly killed the famous traitor Zhao Gao.

"Zhao Gao's treachery is known to everyone in the court."

"He is just like Yi Ya and Diao Shu who were around Duke Huan of Qi in the past. They deceived us for many years and made us suffer all the time."

"We never thought that the treacherous minister we wanted to get rid of day and night would be killed by the prince himself."

"The prince is so majestic!"

Ren Xiong praised.

Fusu noticed that the former staunch advocates of war who had followed Qin Shihuang were now boasting about themselves.

It seems that the Baiyue people have taught them a good lesson. Don't think that you can bully others just because you have a strong country, a vast territory, and advanced weapons.

On a land that was burned to ashes, more than 100,000 Qin soldiers cheered collectively in the hilly plains.

"The prince is mighty!"

"The Crown Prince is wise!" Wei Liao had never seen such a scene in his entire life.

There were some things that the soldiers did not shout out, but Fusu had actually heard them. Just looking at their skinny and sallow faces, you can tell how they have been living these years.

It was also after seeing these soldiers that Fusu had the confidence to do the next thing. In fact, Fusu was also worried that after he accomplished such a big thing, someone would say something bad about him.

History books are like little girls who can be dressed up by anyone, but the eyes of the masses are sharp.

It is unethical for a son to backstab his father.

Everyone has some psychological barriers.

However, the soldiers of Baiyue made Fusu give up these ideas.

Afterwards, Ren Xiong and Fusu talked about their great battle and the fact that the entire Qin State was currently conscripting civilians to build the Lingqu Canal.

They were hinting something to Fusu, both overtly and covertly.

He praised Fusu from time to time.

This reminded Fusu of the time when he attacked the State of Chu. At that time, the generals were not very close to him because Fusu's fighting style was different from what they had imagined, and his attitude towards war also made them feel very different.

It is different now. Fusu is like the beautiful girl in the military camp. Every day there is a large group of people surrounding her and following her.

Only now do they understand the feeling of having a home but not being able to return to it.

Only they understand the feelings of the defeated and what it feels like to lose a loved one.

The difficult war process in this battle against Baiyue not only made the people disappointed in Ying Zheng, but also abolished the military merit system in an almost cruel way.

How did the Baiyue War abolish the military merit system?

It should be noted that the system is an invisible thing, but it does exist. Although it is invisible, it can guarantee the interests of many people and is the basis of human cooperation.

However, the system serves people.

Out of an army of 500,000, only tens of thousands were left.

This system has been destroyed!

After experiencing death and loss, people have lost their desire for military merit deep in their hearts. From that moment on, the military merit system becomes invalid.

It's just that history always has its regrets. The soldiers who attacked Nanyue gave up and didn't want to fight anymore. But in history, they could never return to Xianyang City, and had no way to tell their rulers, their descendants, or their families about their thoughts.

But despite this, a large number of people were wiped out through war.

The military merit system lost its human support and began to gradually disappear from the stage of history.

Fusu lived in Guangxi for seven or eight days. He felt that now was a good opportunity for him to reform or even abolish the military merit system.

The soldiers did not want to suffer here at all, nor did they want to plunder other people's homes. They just wanted to go home and find their mothers.

Wei Liao was also worried when he saw the situation of the soldiers on the front line.

Soon, February arrived.

New buds sprouted on the black ashes. Spring rains came one after another, wetting the black ashes and merging them with the soil.

The peach blossoms are in bloom.

The soldiers became even more anxious to return home.

One of the mistakes made by Ying Zheng was launching an unjust war at the wrong time.

Fusu sat in the hut, waiting for some news.
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Xianyang City.

February is here.

The prince, beloved by the Qin people, left the city of Xianyang, and the common people saw him off when he left.

But the common people did not understand that crisis had befallen Hengyang Palace from then on.

As soon as Fusu left, Ying Zheng couldn't wait to kill Chen Ping.

Ying Zheng felt that Chen Ping was a hateful person. He must have been instigating his son behind his back, causing his son to become alienated from him.

"This Chen Ping has a treacherous mind. He must be eliminated."

However, just as Ying Zheng was about to find someone to kill Chen Ping, a counselor in the court immediately stood up and said, "Someone is spreading rumors about the Crown Prince's secretary. Your Majesty, please investigate."

Ying Zheng's face naturally turned pale.

This matter is over.

At that moment, Ying Zheng realized how terrifying Chen Ping was. His spies were already around Ying Zheng.

In other words, every move of Ying Zheng was under his control.

This was actually a threat from Chen Ping to Ying Zheng. Today he was just making a remonstrance, and no one could predict what would happen in the future.

This is Chen Ping's ability. He is brave enough to plot against Ying Zheng and succeed.

It should be known that the Chancellor of the Crown Prince is in charge of the Crown Prince's household and commands the Crown Prince's palace officials. He has a rank of two thousand stones and the Chancellor of the Crown Prince is his deputy.

Chen Ping had been promoted a long time ago. Zhanshi could already be Banqing, which was equivalent to the prime minister of the prince.

Such a high position gave Chen Ping more conveniences, such as establishing relationships with court officials and cultivating spies for the prince.

Fusu was worried that this might happen before he left.

How could he not have a backup plan?

When Shao Ping heard about this in the palace, he was so scared that he immediately ran to discuss it with Chen Ping.

Chen Ping just laughed it off and said, "Don't worry, the prince has already made all the arrangements."

Your Majesty, the Crown Prince has been on guard against him for a long time.
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It turned out that as early as the end of last year, when Fusu knew that he was going to Baiyue, he had already doubted Ying Zheng's purpose.

His father probably wanted to destroy all his years of business before he could feel at ease.

Therefore, before the annual sacrifice began in the first month of the lunar calendar, Ying Zheng met with generals and ministers from all over the country before the twelfth month as per custom.

While Ying Zheng was busy accepting gifts from his ministers and generals, Fusu and Chen Ping were already planning these things.

"The prince knew it was a plan, but he still wanted to go to Nanyue. This trip is bound to be full of twists and turns. Chen Ping is in the palace, and he will definitely plan everything for the prince. I am afraid that the plan cannot keep up with the changes."

Fusu also smiled indifferently. Chen Ping was advising him not to act on his emotions. Ying Zheng was not someone worthy of trust.

"If I leave, several people in Hengyang Palace will surely die. My father, the emperor, has been able to call the wind and rain almost all his life. He will not tolerate me killing Zhao Gao and severely undermining his private power without paying the slightest price."

"So I want to do something before I leave."

(End of this chapter)