My son, Fusu, please abdicate the first emperor!

Chapter 683 What do you think the First Emperor fears the most?

Fusu was ready to ascend the throne - all the hardware work to be the emperor. Just when the enhanced version of the Qin Empire 2.0 was about to be launched, he found that the replacement of the old version with the new one still required an announcement that would be convincing to the people of the world.

In other words, the game system of Emperor System needs to be updated and upgraded, but the impact on the audience in the future must be considered, and an explanation must be given to old players and old developers.

How can someone who ascends to power by force be called a rebellion?

This was clearly something my father wanted to do.

Therefore, Fusu gave this troublesome task to Chen Ping. After this task was given to Chen Ping, Chen Ping and Fusu were inseparable from each other.

The reason why Fusu returned to Xianyang was very important.

If it was simply because he felt pity for the suffering of the South Vietnamese soldiers, this reason would be insufficient and would probably not convince the gentlemen and virtuous people, and would also cause people all over the world to criticize Fusu.

People, after having a full meal, like to sit under a tree and talk about other people's shortcomings.

Even Qin Shihuang had to experience being pointed at by people from a moral high ground, let alone Fusu.

However, when the task fell to Chen Ping, the progress was not as smooth as Fusu had imagined.

First, Chen Ping encountered a problem.

"What exactly is written in this letter, Prince?"

Chen Ping was puzzled.

He was too embarrassed to ask Lu Shizhi again, after all, Lu Shizhi had said, "The prince said only the secretary could understand it."

Chen Ping fell into deep thought. It had been almost thirteen days since Fusu sent the letter.

Chen Ping almost thought this was a joke by the prince, because Fusu usually liked to show off his skills, his literary talent, and his erudition. So when the letter arrived, Chen Ping guessed it was almost right, it was just a word puzzle.

However, Fusu, who was stationed in Nanyue, was in a very uncomfortable situation.

Do you know what it means to live every day like a year?
When a person decides to become an emperor and has the ability to do so, every day before he ascends the throne will be filled with excitement and anxiety.

Chen Ping was busy guarding against Qin Shihuang every day, competing with him in wits and courage, and arguing with the king of verbal battles Zhang Cang.

He really didn't have the time to pay attention to Fusu's "weird ideas".

After all, when Chen Ping opened the so-called secret letter, there was only the word "cooking" written on it.

This thing, probably only a person with two heads on a pair of shoulders can understand it at a glance.

Although life was filled with fear, it was better than waiting aimlessly. At least Chen Ping knew that what he had to do now was to wait for Fusu to come back.

Fusu was waiting for Chen Ping to find a good reason for him to return to Xianyang.

It was really rare for this pair of "in cahoots", oh no, "of one mind and one heart", king and minister to have helped each other before ascending the throne.

Fusu spent every day in the land of Baiyue, exposed to the rain and sun with his soldiers. His wheat-colored skin soon turned dark. The soldiers had already begun to skillfully include rare animals from the Baiyue lands in their diets: elephants tomorrow, crocodiles today, and ostriches the day after tomorrow.

But Fusu was waiting very anxiously, the wait was really too long.

He had been waiting for almost half a month, hoping to get some news from Xianyang, but in the end, he only got the news that Xiao He was appointed as the Minister of Justice and that scholars all over the world praised Qin Shihuang's wisdom.

For a moment, this news caused an uproar in the Baiyue army.

"Your Majesty has finally changed his mind."

"Xiao Tingwei, I have always been optimistic about him." said a general who did not want to be named. Before this, he had gone to Xiao He to ask for leniency through his connections, but was rejected by Xiao He with delays and avoidances. At that time, he also cursed Xiao He with many dirty words.

"Xiao Tingwei, didn't the prince bring that from Pei County? At that time, the prince said he had a dream in which a god guided him to Pei County to take away the talented person. We all remember it. How come he is following His Majesty the First Emperor now?"

"It's all because of your majesty's wisdom and might."

These soldiers kept talking to each other and almost made Fusu depressed.

Fusu was already in the "long" wait and was about to lose control of his emotions in this barbarian land where there were few sunny days, but then he heard such unfavorable news.

This news is good for Ying Zheng, but very bad for Fusu.

Fusu, who had just won several battles for power, took advantage of the deteriorating reputation of Ying Zheng; but he was about to take the throne, and what he clearly needed was the news that Ying Zheng had done something serious wrong. However, when Fusu was away from Xianyang City, he used Xiao He to accomplish a benchmark political achievement of employing talented people.

Everyone knows that Xiao He was invited by Fusu.

This means that some people rebelled when Fusu was not in Xianyang City.

Fusu couldn't imagine that Xiao He would actually betray him.

But thinking back, Xiao He didn't spend much time with him. He wasn't active, and Fusu wouldn't take him with him when he went out.

It's not like their relationship is that deep.

Asking him to be true to himself would be a joke.

Although Fusu promoted and employed Xiao He, for Xiao He, Fusu only put him on a platform but did not give him a suitable position.

As soon as Ying Zheng came to power, he promoted him to be the Minister of Justice, which was a job he was good at.

The most painful thing for such talented people is that they don't have a good enough platform to display their talents. Gold can be hidden in the sand for thousands of years, after all, it can't feel it. But for creatures like humans, life is short, like a wave in the rolling river.

It would be an insult to a young man with great talent to be assigned to be a janitor or to sweep dust in a library.

Fusu made the most pessimistic plan for this news.

Xiao He has chosen to follow Ying Zheng.

Immediately, uneasiness surged in my heart.

Maybe Ying Zheng discovered what he had done and was preparing to depose him.

Therefore, during the long waiting period, Fusu fell into great fear because he could not get comprehensive information.

The night before success is always long, and the unknown makes Fusu feel unprecedented distress.

It seemed that the first half of Fusu's life was spent under the shadow and oppression of his father.

Chen Ping never thought about the days when Fusu was in Baiyue.

He just took out the letter and thought about it every night.

After all, he is the future emperor, so Chen Ping dare not neglect him.

This pair of good king and ministers who share the same ideals really understand each other!

One evening in May, Chen Ping was sitting at home reading a book.

He suddenly heard his wife scolding a maid in the house.

"I've told you so many times, when you hang the quilt out to dry, you have to turn it over, turn it over."

“Turn it over to dry in the sun!”

Sharp shouts rang out in the courtyard.

Chen Ping frowned slightly.

Chen Ping's son Chen Mai ran into Chen Ping's arms and said, "Father, I'm scared."

Chen Ping touched his eldest son's head and just smiled helplessly.

Chen Mai's eyes spun around, he sometimes felt that the people in this family were the opposite. His father was thoughtful and gentle, like a woman, while his mother was noisy and more masculine than a man.

Chen Mai told Chen Ping his idea.

Chen Ping touched his son's head and said, "This world has both yin and yang. The strongest person is not the most rigid or the most flexible. It is the person who can change at any time. So you need to be flexible within rigidity and rigid within flexibility."

How could four-year-old Chen Mai understand such sensible words?

Chen Mai just kept saying, "Rebellion, rebellion, rebellion."

Chen Ping finally had an idea. He finally had an idea to answer the question written in Fusu's letter.

After he opened the letter, he swapped the positions of the two words.

Suddenly I understood what Fusu wanted to say.

"Chui doesn't refer to cooking. The left side means fire, and the right side means lack. The prince means that he is now lacking a fire."

"Before the prince left, he said he would come back. Now he wrote me this. Is he asking me to add fuel to the fire for the prince?"

Chen Ping kept shaking his head.

"Impossible, absolutely impossible." "The prince has no need to give me such a difficult problem. I am just a secretary. How many lives do I have to fan the flames so that the prince can return to Xianyang?"

You know, from the time Fusu planned to start the rebellion to today, he has experienced countless people and countless things. This long time itself is a huge test for him.

But for Chen Ping, during the five years he followed Fusu, he had only eaten rice for a full year since he started participating in the plan to seize the throne last autumn.

This means that the ambitions they once had have been tempered by a full year of ordinary years and the test of a comfortable life.

No one could understand Fusu's situation and his next thoughts at the first sight when they were thousands of miles apart and could not communicate with each other or communicate openly.

Only the crisis forced Chen Ping to fall into worry, and he had to treat the only word that Fusu had sent back after such a long time with caution.

We have to thank Emperor Qin Shi Huang for this.

Because he promoted Xiao He, he once wanted to re-enact the eternal story of King Wu Ding of the Shang Dynasty appointing Fu Yue. This made the prince in the court, who had originally stood firmly on Fusu's side, express his favor to Ying Zheng at the first opportunity.

This is the difference between a gentleman and a villain.

A villain knows gratitude but not righteousness, while a gentleman knows gratitude and righteousness.

For the villains, as long as the prince is good to them, they only need to be good to the prince. The life and death of people in the world has nothing to do with them and they cannot control it.

A gentleman is different. Whether he is full or not, he will always think about whether others are full. Even if he is starving to death, he will still share a piece of bread with others when he sees that others are also starving to death.

Ying Zheng started on the path of "getting better" and showed signs of turning over a new leaf. For loyal ministers and virtuous people, this was a great thing that should be celebrated by everyone.

Not only that, Ying Zheng also promoted Chen Yu and Zhang Er from the Imperial Academy.

Promoting three people who supported Fusu at once caused a serious information asymmetry crisis for those who supported Fusu.

The world is a huge makeshift team. It does not mean that everyone will have clear cognition, firm stance, and noble sentiments.

After seeing Qin Shihuang's closeness to Fusu's capable minister, many people expressed their friendship towards Qin Shihuang.

Chen Ping then understood that Qin Shihuang's claim to be Zulong meant he had the power.

He had misjudged many things before.

Immediately, Chen Ping, who had an extremely high IQ, realized that he was in danger next.

The prince is still your majesty's eldest son, but I am different. Your majesty will definitely try to kill me again.

Trembling with fear, Chen Ping thought for a long time until he realized that Fusu might have directly defeated the Baiyue army, so he took the risk of writing this letter to him.

Rebelling against his father and forcibly ascending the throne was such a big thing, but the whole process seemed like a joke.

It seemed that Fusu had never thought that Chen Ping would treat his secret letter as a piece of waste paper.

On the one hand, Chen Ping was afraid of Qin Shihuang, on the other hand, he had no idea about Fusu's situation, on the other hand, he had to worry about other people's gossip, and on the other hand, he had to appease the prince's followers.

After tossing and turning for three days, Chen Ping decided to set Fusu on fire.

Because if we don't take action now, he will be in great danger!

Since the prince was coming back but lacked a fire, the task of setting fire was given to him.

This incident must be big enough to make everyone in the world feel that the First Emperor was incompetent, and that his previous actions were just a last gasp, so that everyone in the world would begin to hate the First Emperor and long for a wise ruler to succeed him.

Chen Ping then found Shao Ping and Cao Shen, intending to discuss this important matter with them alone.

They want to welcome the prince back as soon as possible.

When Chen Ping went to invite Cao Shen secretly, he met Zhang Cang, who was full of resentment and wanted to curse but did not dare to open his mouth.

A black horse-drawn carriage stopped in front of Cao Shen's door.

Zhang Cang felt it was very strange, so he actually chased him all the way and indeed caught up with Chen Ping’s secret base - the winery opened by Changping Jun on the outskirts of Xianyang City.

Zhang Cang caught up with Chen Ping and asked, "Why did you choose to meet in a place like this?"

Chen Ping had never seen such a stupid person as Zhang Cang, and Zhang Cang had never experienced such a dishonest villain as Chen Ping.

When the two parties met, sparks flew in each other's eyes.

Cao Shen and Shao Ping didn't know what Chen Ping's purpose was. But they all knew that Chen Ping always liked to come up with some not-so-bright ideas, and they knew before they came that this time it was definitely not a good thing.

"Drink." Chen Ping replied coldly. He hoped to get Zhang Cang to leave. "What is Censor Zhang doing here?"

The last time Chen Ping saved Zhang Cang, Zhang Cang did not feel grateful to him and even said a lot of bad things to him in person.

"I'm clearly innocent, so why don't you exonerate me and release me, but use tricks and schemes instead?"

Because of this incident, Zhang Cang offended his benefactor.

However, if Zhang Cang did not adhere to these principles, he would not be the Zhang Pangpang that the common people of Xianyang liked.

After some evasion, Zhang Cang stared at Chen Ping. He sat opposite Chen Ping, took off his jade belt and threw it on the table.

"I have never seen anyone so shameless."

"I should be the one to say this." Zhang Cang frowned. "I think you are going to do something bad again."

Chen Ping's face was calm. "It's a despicable method, but there's nothing shameful about it. Just achieve the goal. If you were too obsessed with the method, I'm afraid you'd still be in jail now."

Zhang Cang's face flushed red when he heard this.

Cao Shen appeased both sides, "Okay, since you are here, let's drink first."

Zhang Cang swung his sleeves, "I won't." He looked at Chen Ping, "If you are planning something, count me in, don't chase me away."

Chen Ping was stunned for a moment.

Soon, he sneered again, "In broad daylight, plotting, what are you plotting?"

Zhang Cang said in shock, "Don't think I don't know what you are thinking. I know what your majesty wants to do recently. He promoted Xiao He before and recently promoted the wise men in the Imperial College. This is not a good sign. I think your majesty wants to depose the prince."

Chen Ping crossed his arms over his chest, "So."

"I want to join you."

"I refuse. There is no such thing. Go away."

Zhang Cang was very angry. "To be honest, I am also a minister under the Crown Prince. At this time, I have not abandoned the Crown Prince, which has already shown my true feelings. Why don't you let me participate? When the Crown Prince comes back, I will report this matter to the Crown Prince. You are creating divisions within the clan."

Chen Ping was furious. Why did this big fool always pick on him?

I'm so annoying.

"Your style of doing things is different from ours, and it will cause trouble."

"No. I am the Shangqing. I attend the court meetings. I am very useful to you." Zhang Cang looked at the three people. "Why, did I say something wrong?"

Cao Shen smiled awkwardly, "Yes, yes, yes."

Shao Ping was speechless for a moment, "Then let him join."

Chen Ping finally compromised.

They really lacked someone to speak up in the court, and he could use Zhang Cang and then have His Majesty kill him to prevent this big-tongued person from opposing him again in the future.

He actually dared to come to me on his own initiative. He really doesn't take me, Chen Ping, seriously.

Chen Ping poured a bowl of wine for Zhang Cang with a smile.

"please."

Zhang Cang took a look at it but didn't drink it. It was obvious that he was afraid it might be poisoned.

Zhang Cang stared at Chen Ping.

"Don't think I don't know what you're thinking. Unfortunately, I, Zhang Cang, am blessed by the gods. Whenever I encounter something, I can always turn danger into safety and turn disaster into blessing."

"The fortune teller said that I can live to be a hundred years old. If you, Chen Ping, want to fight me, you will just be wasting your time."

'You short-lived bastard.'

The two exchanged kind glances.

Chen Ping then stated the topic of today.

"What do you think the First Emperor fears the most?"

(End of this chapter)