My son, Fusu, please abdicate the first emperor!

Chapter 684: Who can break Ying Zheng’s defense?
Zhang Cang sat up straight, looking at the three people in front of him, and said with a dignified manner, "Tell me the truth, do you want to rebel?"

Shao Ping and Cao Shen's mustaches trembled for a moment.

"This...this is not something you can say." Shao Ping, who was always calm, almost panicked.

Cao Shen wiped the sweat from his forehead and said, "Yushi, how can this be linked to rebellion?"

Chen Ping remained as still as a mountain.

He had long seen through Zhang Cang.

If one is not a person of profound moral cultivation, he will not be able to stand Zhang Cang, because he can make people vomit three liters of blood as soon as he opens his mouth.

Chen Ping looked at Zhang Cang and said, "It's just a matter of following the will of heaven. How can it be called a rebellion?"

"It's still the Zhanshi who has to speak. Such a big crime, when it comes to the Zhanshi, it becomes the justice of heaven."

"That's what I said. It's just a matter of following fate and acting on behalf of heaven."

"Life? What life? The prince's life or your majesty's life?"

Cao Shen quickly intervened, "It's rare for us to get together, so we should be harmonious."

Chen Ping and Zhang Cang, although they were exchanging sharp words, were actually as calm as a lake without any ripples.

The quieter the fight between the bosses, the more deadly it is. If he still quarrels loudly, it means he doesn't want to kill you at all.

However, doing so would sometimes cause misunderstandings among outsiders. Some people were trembling with fear, fearing that the two would fight; of course, some people were smiling and waiting for the two to fight so that they could watch the fun.

"The Imperial Academy has been leaderless recently, and many people have begun to frequently request to see Your Majesty in order to gain favor. I wonder what the Censor thinks about this matter." Chen Ping suddenly asked.

"Stupid." Zhang Cang said bluntly. If those officials and doctors heard these words at this moment, their lungs would explode from their chests.

"I have been following your Majesty for sixteen years. How can I not know what kind of person your Majesty is? When you are in power, you let the people of the world be your captives; when you are out of power, you are willing to be a captive of others."

"Such a kind-hearted person can certainly accomplish great things. But once the goal is achieved, he will immediately turn against us and become ruthless."

"Your Majesty is waiting to take power again. The reason for doing this is that he can't stand the impeachment of the censors and the remonstrances of the censors. Originally, the death of Zhao Gao was a good time to put order in the court, but Your Majesty is playing the game of power again."

"If this continues, when will the world be well governed? When will those deep-rooted problems be resolved?" Zhang Cang asked loudly, as if he was in the same dire straits as the common people.

Chen Ping looked at him with disdain. With his personality and mouth, he actually seemed to be someone who cared about people's livelihood.

But judging by the way he is doing, it will be hard for him to achieve anything great in the future.

He kept saying that he was pleading for the people. Who would believe him?

Chen Ping just felt a tasteless taste in his mouth. "Anyway, the current situation is not favorable to the prince. We are all thanks to the prince, so there is naturally no reason to abandon the prince at this time."

"If your majesty seizes power again, it will only be more disadvantageous to the crown prince. So I need your help to unite and fight against your majesty and curb your majesty's private power."

During the Qin Empire, when Zhao Gao was at his most powerful, Ying Zheng's private power was at its highest. At this time, the operation of public power was often problematic. The country was not run for the people, and all resources flowed to Ying Zheng.

When Zhao Gao died, the Qin Empire began to revive.

The most obvious thing is that the censors impeached some treacherous ministers that Ying Zheng valued. For example, Zhou Qingchen topped the list of impeachments for the year, followed closely by Yao Jia, far ahead of Meng Yi, the minister who had been attacked in the past.

In the court, the impeachments and attacks between the counselors and the censors were always very exciting.

The emperor is indeed a noble person, but this is probably just a job that came into being due to the times. The purpose of this position is to make the world run in an orderly manner and make people live better.

We should never decide world affairs based on one person's likes and dislikes.

When private power is strong, Ying Zheng has the final say in the world.

When public power is strong, the world is ruled by a group of people. At this time, the interests of the people are best protected, and the political ideal of "the world's affairs are decided by the people" is fulfilled.

Now, Ying Zheng is showing signs of making a comeback. Some people regard this as a good thing, while others regard it as a very bad thing.

Those who supported the feudal system were naturally anxious. However, this group of people were all princes and generals who were planning to establish their own territories. At this time, Chen Ping, Zhang Cang, and Cao Shen were not the objects of their unity at all.

There were also ministers who recognized Ying Zheng's true nature and opposed him doing it again.

Zhang Cang agreed with Chen Ping's words.

"In this case, we have no choice but to let His Majesty the Emperor abdicate on his own accord." Zhang Cang suddenly said this.

The main reason is that he has tolerated Ying Zheng for a long time.

The other party doesn't look like a king!
But these words sounded somewhat strange coming from Zhang Cang's mouth.

Cao Shen and Shao Ping were also stunned for a moment.

Even Chen Ping was shocked.

He could suddenly speak.

Chen Ping said, "Well, since we have reached an agreement on this matter, why not do it in a big way? I heard that the people of the world have been suffering from your Majesty's rule for a long time."

"Right now, His Majesty wants to take this opportunity to restore his prestige. I think now is the time for us to act."

Zhang Cang frowned, "Are we going to sabotage this?"

Cao Shen's beard trembled slightly, "I said it was to act on behalf of Heaven."

Chen Ping had many things to say, but he had no way of telling these people. Secrecy is the key to success, and disclosure is the key to failure. Anyway, these people just had to listen to him.

"Your Majesty seems to have repented now, but the people's hearts and minds are all about justice. I think only the prince can do justice. Do you have any objection to this?"

The three of them naturally nodded.

"Your Majesty is trying to win people's hearts now, so we have to destroy your image in front of everyone. I've thought about it, but I can't find a way. Your Majesty has done a lot in the past, and there are too many things that have been criticized by people to count."

"But your majesty has restrained himself a lot in this year."

"Your Majesty has taken precautions. Even if we deliberately set a plan, it would be difficult for Your Majesty to be fooled."

Chen Ping talked about his plan.

Zhang Cang was distracted as he listened. Why did I come here with this group of people to engage in intrigue? If I stay with this bunch of villains, won't my reputation in the future be ruined?

Zhang Cang, ah Zhang Cang, how did you get to this point?

Your morality is like the slope of Mount Li, which has been rolling down from the mountain.

Phoenix, Phoenix, why has your virtue declined?

Oh my God, how come people nowadays have reached the point where they have to resort to conspiracies and tricks to achieve their goals?

"So, what we have to do now is to find the weakness of His Majesty the First Emperor. Otherwise, it will be in vain."

"It's a pity that none of us have the experience of serving His Majesty the Emperor."

"Censor Zhang, what do you think is His Majesty's weakness?"

Zhang Cang reluctantly replied, "Your Majesty is capable of doing everything. There is nothing you dare not do."

In other words, there was nothing that Ying Zheng could not do, and even more so, there was nothing that he dared not do.

So far, he has accomplished almost everything he wanted to do, except deposing the crown prince.

Zhang Cang's answer made the atmosphere in the room slightly chilly.

This was said by someone who knew Ying Zheng very well and hated him.

It simply cannot be rated any higher.

This brought Chen Ping, Cao Shen, and Shao Ping, who had already harbored sympathy for the rebellion against Emperor Zulong, back to the starting point.

The three of them are able to sit in this case today, which is different from Zhang Cang.

It took a very difficult and complicated ideological struggle to take the step of rebelling against Zulong.

It seemed as if everyone was hoping that Fusu would do something big to turn this unfavorable situation around.

Back to the point, Zhang Cang was always honest. According to him, he was not afraid of death anyway. He was afraid of having his morality tarnished while alive. As for the body's reaction, that was another matter.

Since Zhang Cang dared to openly curse Qin Shihuang, he naturally also dared to openly oppose him.

Some people are born to be like the blazing sun. If you don't let them shine and burst forth, you are sentencing them to death.

Seeing that the three of them looked depressed, Zhang Cang stroked his beard again.

"Your Majesty's weakness is his greatest strength. There is nothing he dares not do. Let your Majesty do something he will never be able to do, but he dares to do, and you will achieve your goal."

This problem really makes everyone feel troubled.

Chen Ping sneered, "For example, let your Majesty teach a sow to climb a tree?"

Zhang Cang calmed down and thought for a while. It seemed that His Majesty was also someone who would do such a thing. He once turned the entire garden upside down because he failed to catch a deer.

It's okay to say that he wants to fight with God.

Fight against fate.

Shao Ping, who had always been silent, finally spoke up, "Your Majesty, the First Emperor, has never been before or since. Rebelling against His Majesty, the First Emperor, is extremely difficult."

"If you succeed, the prince's prestige will be higher than your majesty's. If you fail, the prince will live forever in your majesty's shadow."

"Your Majesty has always believed that once you decide to do something, you must accomplish it. Now that the Crown Prince is not here, I'm afraid we must take Your Majesty as our teacher and learn from your spirit. Since we have decided to do this, we must never retreat and never hesitate."

"Even though His Majesty the First Emperor is so powerful that everyone in the world is afraid of him, as long as he is human, he has weaknesses."

"I think we should start with your majesty's greed."

Zhang Cang shook his head. "Your Majesty is greedy, but he is not ignorant. You don't understand His Majesty. His Majesty can definitely stick to the bottom line when it comes to certain things."

"Your Majesty is lustful, but he will not ruin the country because of lust. Your Majesty is warlike, but he will not fight hard because of war. Your Majesty likes treacherous ministers, but he will not let treacherous ministers sit on his head."

"In a word, Your Majesty, if you know when to stop, you can accumulate a lot. You can get the whole world."

Chen Ping: "According to what you said, greed is not enough. Then what should we use?" Cao Shen said: "I heard that a strong person will also have the most vulnerable thing deep in his heart. There must be something in this world that your majesty is afraid of. What you just said are all things that your majesty likes, beauty, wealth, land, and power."

"We have to find something that His Majesty will hate."

Chen Ping was even more confused.

"What does your majesty hate?"

Their opponent is a man who is seriously underestimated but extremely powerful in the history of ancient and modern emperors. It is not easy to deal with him.

However, this does not mean that what Fusu and his men did in the past was in vain.

But now, they have reached the top of the mountain, and their goal is to push the big rock of Ying Zheng off the cliff.

What they had done before helped them climb the cliff.

But now, they were really close to the big rock, and what they needed to do was to work together to push this huge rock down.

The difficulty naturally doubles.

The things they face are more complex and difficult, and the path they take is more arduous.

Before dawn, the night is always unexpectedly dark.

After their first discussion of the incident, all four went home quietly.

Because they couldn't find any weaknesses in the First Emperor.

He seemed like a saint, because he really had no major stains, and everything he did was for the long-term interests of the empire, even building the Great Wall. You could even explain it to him, and it seemed to have some effect.

But he seems to be a devil. He does everything he can to achieve his goal. He doesn't care about the lives of the people and treats them like tools like pigs and dogs.

Of course they wouldn't just give up after they left.

Even if they didn't think about the people of the world, they knew very well that once the First Emperor regained power, all power in the palace would be taken away by him.

He, Chen Ping and others would all become targets of Ying Zheng's attack.

They could only go back and make preparations. They had to find a new breakthrough point to break through Ying Zheng's defense.

Everyone regards this matter as the most important task.

But several days passed and they still had no good ideas.

Until one afternoon, Meng Yi suddenly told Shao Ping.

"My father is ill. He said he missed my elder brother these days. I would like to ask Your Majesty to let my elder brother come back to visit me."

Meng Yi was not worried about his father's illness and just spoke calmly.

Shao Ping knew that neither of the Meng brothers were hypocritical people.

Meng Yi had known for a long time that his father was about to pass away, and he had prepared himself mentally, so he was able to arrange the subsequent matters so calmly.

But the fact that there was no sadness on his face always caused people to talk about it.

Only Shao Ping understood him. He was actually very sad.

When Wang Jian, the Marquis of Wucheng, was seriously ill and about to die, the crown prince Wang Li cried and shouted in the streets of Xianyang and shouted loudly in the chariot, as if something was stopping him from going to the funeral. In the end, he inherited the title of marquis and soon transferred to serve in the army.

The fact that Meng Wu was too ill to get out of bed alarmed many people.

This is a nobleman who has served in three dynasties.

Naturally, people from all walks of life in Xianyang City went to visit the old general.

After hearing the news that Meng Wu was seriously ill, Ying Zheng did not speak for a long time that day.

When we live, we experience all kinds of things and meet all kinds of people every day.

Even though Ying Zheng had already gotten used to it, just when he was happy that power was gradually returning to him, this news forced him to dive into cold water and sober up.

Meng Wu was a man who knew how to be content with what he had. Although he was a military general, he adhered to the manners of an old aristocrat. He was good at playing the piano, singing and dancing. He also understood Chinese medicine and health preservation.

So even though he is very old, he always looks strong and healthy, and his complexion is very good.

People often praise him, saying that he looks like he is in his forties even though he is in his sixties.

Every time Meng Wu heard someone praising him like this, he would get very excited and would have to take out his bow and arrow to perform archery for others.

Now, he lay motionless on the couch, his face drained of all life and his skin wrinkled like dry bark.

In this hot summer day with lush branches and leaves, his pale beard was stained with medicine residue and his whole body exuded an unpleasant smell of medicine.

When Ying Zheng came to visit him, he could no longer recognize who the visitor was.

"Atian—is that you?"

Meng Yi said to Meng Wu, "No. Father, it's..."

Seeing that Meng Wu might not survive the night, Ying Zheng sat down and held his hand.

Meng Wu said his last words to Meng Tian, ​​"You are good in every way. But you are not smart enough. Don't hate villains so much that you have to kill them all."

Ying Zheng said nothing, remaining silent as usual.

He once watched his father take his last breath on his sickbed.

The moment the memory came back to him, he ran away quickly in fear.

He hurriedly comforted Meng Wu with a few words, then fled back to the palace.

When he returned to the palace, he took a bath and changed his clothes. He wanted to stay away from the smell of the dead.

At this point, the older generation of heroes who founded the Qin Empire are almost all gone.

And forty-four years old is already old for people of this era.

A sense of fear spread in Ying Zheng's heart.

Before Chen Ping and others could find this weakness, Ying Zheng himself began to expose himself.

On the night of the visit to Meng Wu, someone from the Meng Mansion came to report that Meng Wu had passed away. Before leaving, he said that he knew it was His Majesty who had come yesterday.

Ying Zheng said nothing.

He didn't sleep all night.

Now he is the only one left in the palace.

After the queen passed away, he had to bear the emotional pain alone.

His control over power always made him exhausted, he was angry about Fusu's rebellion, and he was powerless to do anything about the death of his ministers.

In a state of extreme tension, Ying Zheng lay with his eyes open all night.

He seemed to have a brain that was always under high pressure.

Headaches also come from this.

Early the next morning, the palace maids came to comb Ying Zheng's hair. He looked at himself in the bronze mirror and saw that several white hairs had grown on his temples.

"Pull them out. Pull out these white hairs."

Ying Zheng was very annoyed.

The maid was so scared that she almost cried, but she still went forward carefully to pull out the hair. While crying, she pulled out the hair of Ying Zheng with her hands.

After pulling out the hair, Ying Zheng saw that there was obviously something missing at his temples.

He roared again, "Stop. Don't pull it out. Get out."

Ying Zheng sat alone in the hall, facing the bronze mirror for a long time before coming out.

The death of Meng Wu became a good excuse for those treacherous officials to actively flatter him.

They all submitted petitions, requesting that Meng Wu be given additional titles or something.

There was a man who said to Ying Zheng, "General Meng spent his life either guarding the borders for the empire or fighting for Your Majesty. I didn't expect that he would die so early. God is really blind."

"Yes, how could he die so suddenly? At the end of spring, I saw General Meng fishing by the Wei River. He was in great spirits and even discussed military strategies with me. How could he die so suddenly?"

A group of people were crying in front of Ying Zheng.

Ying Zheng, who was filled with rage, sat in the seat of honor expressionlessly, watching their performance quietly.

Wei Liao couldn't listen any longer.

These people are so hypocritical.

As a good friend, he is very happy now that his friend has finally died, is freed, and has returned to his origin.

Ghosts, originally the same destination.

The idea that people turn into ghosts after death is actually an evolution of the idea that people return to the land of ghosts after death in ancient times.

Zhuangzi and Huizi had a very good relationship, and he was very happy when Huizi died.

In the eyes of the ancients, the human body is just a place where the soul resides. And it is also temporary. So we need to take care of our bodies so that we can use them longer. All the theories related to this are based on this basic understanding.

When you die here, your soul returns to its original place.

Wei Liao was very indifferent to Meng Wu's death. He did not cry like a ghost or howl like a wolf. He just secretly put the chess pieces he had stolen when playing chess with Meng Wu in Meng Wu's coffin...

Not many, just about ten.

[From now on, this book will not write any words praising Qin Shi Huang. To borrow the lines from Qin Shi Ming Yue, he is a person who has never appeared in the past and will never appear again in the future. You can count down the time of his reign. ]

(End of this chapter)