My son, Fusu, please abdicate the first emperor!

Chapter 697 You said I wasn’t cruel enough.

"His Majesty."

The unknown young eunuch was also frightened by the scene and cried out in surprise.

He felt uncertain about his future.

The guards behind him also widened their eyes.

Where are the people? Where have they gone?

The eunuchs and the tiger guards all retreated in fear, looking at Ying Zheng in unison.

Ying Zheng's heartbeat seemed to stop suddenly in an instant.

He looked at everything in front of him blankly.

The Daijoden was empty and quiet, with no one there.

The bright sunlight shone through the doors and cracks, creating beams of golden light that fell on the bamboo mats and lacquered tables inside the hall.

The bright mirror hanging high in front of the Daijoden was also illuminated by the dazzling sunlight, reflecting a bright yellow light on the waxed floor inside the hall.

This mirror has a long history. It was hung on the door beam when Qin Shi Huang was young, so that ministers could see it when they entered the palace and it would enlighten their minds.

The glory of the Qin Dynasty is absolutely based on its strength.

The people's respect for the law reached a peak, and the law's protection of justice and fairness also reached a peak. It was under such an environment that if the king of Qin wanted to be an effective king, he must enforce the law fairly.

The original intention of hanging this mirror is to warn officials to be fair and honest.

Just like the instructions on how to be an official that the Qin officials learned in the study.

In order to be an official, one must be clean and upright, prudent and firm, be thorough and impartial, observe every detail carefully, be calm and not harsh, and be judicious in rewarding and punishing.

Looking at the ball of light on the ground, Ying Zheng suddenly understood something.

When he was trying to unify the world, he had actually reached the peak of his life at that time.

But after he completed the mission given by God, in that instant, he who seemed to be the most perfect had actually begun to decline.

Great success is like a lack, but its use is not exhausted. Great abundance is like a rush, but its use is endless.

The most perfect thing seems to be incomplete, but its effect will never fade away; the most full thing seems to be empty, but its effect will never be exhausted.

Ying Zheng was once a man who was hungry for knowledge, and he must have memorized classics such as the Tao Te Ching.

But when he truly understood the mystery, he paid such a painful price.

He paid the price of his throne for understanding this truth.

Ying Zheng walked in the light, the hall was silent, he always thought he was having a nightmare.

A nightmare from which one cannot wake up for a while.

He really hoped that this was a nightmare.

"His Majesty--"

The eunuchs saw that Ying Zheng was already a little dazed.

Ying Zheng loosened his belt and began to dance gracefully in the hall.

Until a tall and slender figure appeared in front of him.

That cold and sharp face came from his blood essence.

Ying Zheng's mind was always working very fast. If it were any other emperor, he would immediately ask, "What do you want to do?"

But Ying Zheng didn't.

A few days before Fusu did not arrive as expected, Ying Zheng had actually already prepared for the worst.

But this was a game of boiling a frog in warm water. When Ying Zheng found out, he was powerless. He had no strength to climb out of this hot water pit. He had long been confused by power, money, desire, and beauty, and fell into the abyss.

"You - you rebellious son, you are plotting treason!"

"Do you know that you are committing treason?"

Ying Zheng was so angry that he was shaking, and his fingers were trembling as he pointed at Fusu's sword.

"Do you want to kill me?"

Fusu just pretended to be indifferent and looked at Ying Zheng. At this time, Ying Zheng looked like an old man in his twilight years. Fusu had met Hou Sheng and the King of Qi. At that time, they looked like Qin Shi Huang in a state of desolation.

At this moment, Fusu's knot in his heart was completely resolved.

It turns out that his father is not the so-called God.

It’s just that he has held power in his hands for too long, making people believe that he is power.

At that moment, Fusu's fear of Ying Zheng disappeared.

The so-called usurpation of the throne was nothing but a child's play in his eyes.

Thinking back to the past, Ying Zheng had lied to him many times, such as the purpose of papermaking, what Ying Zheng did after simplifying the characters, and what Ying Zheng did after smelting steel to achieve good results.

Everything was chosen by Ying Zheng himself.

"Father, what happened today is truly what both humans and gods wish for."

"Father is so wise, how could he not have expected this day?"

Ying Zheng scolded, "You bastard, you plotted against your biological father! You plotted against your biological father! You are such a vicious person."

He didn't know where the tears came from.

This made Fusu start to hesitate again.

Zhang Han was afraid that the two of them would do this and would start acting out the father-son drama as soon as they met, so he quickly followed in.

"Prince——"

When Zhang Han saw Fusu, he bowed and said, "Prince, you must put the overall situation first. All the civil and military officials are waiting outside now."

Ying Zheng stared at Zhang Han, speechless for a moment.

Without power, Ying Zheng was just an ordinary father who was slapped in the face by his son. There was no mystery or arrogance at all.

People are always deceived by appearances.

But poor Zhang Han, he couldn't see the essence of the problem.

He was once confused by the halo of Ying Zheng and thought he was power itself. Now, he began to be confused by the halo of Fusu and thought he was power itself.

"Why you?" Ying Zheng respected Zhang Han. "I believe I have never treated you unfairly."

Zhang Han still bowed to Ying Zheng respectfully.

Men will always devote themselves to power.

Even if it was once a symbol of power.

"Rather than being a high official by your Majesty's side, I want a piece of territory of my own and a kingdom of my own."

At that moment, Ying Zheng was stunned.

He knew that many people had the idea of dividing the land and becoming a king, but he never expected that Zhang Han also thought so.

Ying Zheng suddenly burst into laughter.

"Even you want to split the land and become a marquis?"

Then, Ying Zheng looked at Fusu angrily, "Waste!"

"I thought you could come up with a way to overthrow me, but it was just a stupid move."

"You are still far from me."

Ying Zheng couldn't help but roar.

"If there were no me in the world, I really don't know how many people would be kings in the world today?"

"But you were born into a useless person like me, and you want me to follow the old path that others have taken. You are such an idiot."

Ying Zheng looked at Fusu, and he was not vague. He immediately drew his sword and said, "I will destroy you, you useless bastard!"

For Qin Shihuang, this was a bolt from the blue.

What Fusu denied was not only his throne of power, but also all the hard work he had put in over the past few decades.

For a moment, Ying Zheng's eyes began to turn red.

"Your Majesty, I'm sorry." Zhang Han stepped forward and took away Ying Zheng's sword without saying a word.

Ying Zheng's hands were suspended in the air, with nothing to hold on to, and he could only stare blankly at his eldest son who was full of vigor and vitality.

He is young and full of vigor and vitality.

Looking at him again, his temples are gray, and he is also bloated, which makes him lose in terms of manners.

Even so, Ying Zheng still tried hard to maintain his dignity.

"You are rebelling!"

"Somebody come!"

"Pass on Meng Tian and Meng Yi."

"Send Feng Quji and Li Si here."

Ying Zheng called out loudly.

"Father, please stop shouting. No one will come even if you shout your throat out. We are father and son after all. I came in alone today to give you respect."

Fusu didn't want to argue with Ying Zheng anymore.

"Please pass the throne to me."

As he spoke, Chen Ping came in holding a tray with a scroll of silk book and writing brush and ink on it.

Ying Zheng knocked over the tray, and the ink splashed all over his robe.

Ying Zheng waved his hand, walked towards his throne, and then sat on it with dignity.

“I can’t write.”

“This is usurpation of the throne!”

"How will you face your ancestors in the future?"

Ying Zheng kept on complaining.

Fusu was a little disgusted. "Father, I am now the emperor in the eyes of my subjects and the people. And you will be the first retired emperor in history."

"Father, the situation has been decided now. Please accept it."

"It's better not to say such things to the new emperor."

Fusu suddenly spoke out what was in his heart.

Chen Ping and Zhang Han were at a loss. They looked at Fusu in astonishment.

Why did the prince rebel against Tian Gang...

I originally thought that they would need assistance.

When Ying Zheng heard this, he felt his blood boiling. On the one hand, he felt that the person opposite him was very familiar, as if he himself lived inside his body; on the other hand, he felt that his dignity was not taken seriously by his son.

Complex emotions came to my mind.

Ying Zheng was dumbfounded for a moment, and opened his mouth but could not utter a word.

But then he flew into a rage again!

"Emperor? Who is the emperor?!"

"What kind of edict of succession? I will never write one even if I die."

After Ying Zheng finished speaking, he immediately retracted his tongue. His eyes slightly avoided. After a while, Shao Ping rushed in.

"Prince, please make a quick decision. The ministers are waiting outside."

It turned out that while Fusu and Ying Zheng were "arguing", outside the palace, the two Meng Tian brothers and other staunch supporters of Qin Shihuang had a huge disagreement with the high-ranking officials of the Qin royal family and noble ministers because they learned that the prince had met with the First Emperor alone, and the two sides started arguing.

Some people may think that the Meng brothers wanted to rush in to save Ying Zheng.

Actually, it’s wrong.

During the five years of Ying Zheng's reign, the Qin Empire was in chaos. This is a fact that everyone can see.

Fusu was the popular choice.

In particular, he supported the simultaneous establishment of counties and fiefdoms, and reformed the system of military merit and nobility, which fully met the needs of the times.

Fusu was more like a politician.

Ying Zheng was a paranoid warmongerer.

With such a comparison, isn't the difference immediately clear?

It was precisely because the Meng brothers saw this that they had no intention of helping Ying Zheng, but they also did not intend to support Fusu.

The point of dispute between them and other ministers was, "Wait until the matter inside is over and we are summoned before going in."

The Meng brothers were unwilling to put pressure on Ying Zheng.

They hope that the First Emperor will leave the stage of history in a dignified manner.

But others didn't think so, as they had old grudges against Qin Shi Huang.

"Your Majesty has threatened to depose the Crown Prince many times."

"Your Majesty personally ordered the prince to go to Guangdong and Guangxi. However, after a short summer, he ordered the prince to return to the palace so soon. Where in the world can there be an emperor like this, and where in the world can there be a father like this."

The doctors in the Imperial Academy were originally close to Fusu.

Naturally, they tried their best to help Fusu.

Even Kong Yu was arguing for Fusu.

To be honest, Fusu initially wanted to keep this matter low-key.

After all, he had no brothers who could be called rivals, and no ministers who were his enemies. The Xuanwu Gate Incident could not have happened to him, and there was no scapegoat.

It was simply because Fusu found that he was better than Ying Zheng and more suitable for the position of emperor, so he did it.

Fusu knew from the beginning that there would be no Xuanwu Gate Incident between him and Ying Zheng.

The struggle between him and Ying Zheng was simply a power struggle between father and son.

Fusu naturally wanted to minimize the impact of this matter as much as possible, and it would be best if he could accomplish it quietly and naturally.

This is good for the empire, for Ying Zheng, for himself, for future generations, and for the people.

But unexpectedly, these ministers refused to do so.

Many of them want to take advantage of the chaos to muddy the waters in order to claim some of the credit for themselves.

So the ministers began to divide and judge each other, and insisted on accusing the Meng brothers and others of a crime, saying that they were ostracizing the prince and what their intentions were.

There was a fierce quarrel in the hall, and the people outside the hall were all harboring ulterior motives.

Most of them wanted to take the opportunity to get close to Fusu in order to obtain a large fiefdom.

Ying Zheng's abdication was a foregone conclusion.

The key is how Fusu will divide the world in the future, which is what the ministers care about.

They don't care about how Fusu will face Ying Zheng in the future, how he will face his son, or how he will face the evaluation in history books and the comments of future generations.

Shao Ping whispered a lot to Fusu.

Ying Zheng saw this, but there was no one around.

At this time, another person came in.

It was Li Si.

When Ying Zheng saw Li Si, he subconsciously stood up and said, "Li Si, you are here. Quick, help me get rid of this rebellious son."

Li Si looked at Ying Zheng and was stunned for a moment.

He stood behind Fusu and called softly, "Your Majesty, everything is ready."

At that moment, Ying Zheng was completely disheartened, and his face quickly turned gray and white.

His hands also froze in the air.

Fusu looked at Ying Zheng worriedly.

Although these guys are not good people, you don’t have to worry, father. I will protect you.

Fusu said in his heart.

"Okay, stop shouting at this time." Fusu looked at the four people, "You all go out first."

"I have something to say to the Emperor."

Upon hearing this, Ying Zheng looked up at Fusu in astonishment, "You..."

"you……"

"You're such a traitor."

"If I had known I shouldn't have given birth to you."

The four of them looked at Ying Zheng who was almost insane. His hair had already fallen down by itself, and he had lost all his dignity.

The great Qin Shi Huang, his era finally came to an end.

The palace door was slammed shut.

No one knew what Ying Zheng and Fusu talked about in the palace that day.

Anyway, after he came out, the First Emperor did not cry or make a fuss. He wrote the edict of abdication and the edict of abdication, and lived in the Lishan Palace.

The father and son had no intention of giving outsiders the opportunity to comment.

It’s better for the meat to rot in your own pot.
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That day in the Da Zheng Hall, Ying Zheng and Fusu sat face to face.

Ying Zheng didn't say a word, but just closed his eyes in anger.

Fusu was silent for a while, "This day is destined."

Fusu was still immersed in the feeling of guilt towards Ying Zheng.

However, Ying Zheng had already faced the reality.

He has been out of power for a long time, and the blow to his private rights is the most painful. Although he couldn't understand what happened today, he was in pain and anger.

However, Ying Zheng had already thought about many things regarding passing the throne to Fusu.

Even if Ying Zheng was unconscious, his level would not be too low.

After all, he is the Ancestral Dragon.

"As a son, you rebel against your own father? Who will allow you to be the emperor?!"

Ying Zheng's voice echoed in the empty hall.

"My father abdicated to me. How can I talk about rebellion?" Fusu looked at Ying Zheng, "I have thought about this a long time ago."

"Abdication?" Ying Zheng twisted his neck.

"The Bamboo Annals tells the story of the abdication of the throne by Yao and Shun. I've always remembered it."

"The Bamboo Annals?" Ying Zheng suddenly realized, "So you were so early..."

"We humans live in this body, and everything is controlled by this body. Once the body begins to age, the mind also begins to change. I have seen too many emperors in history books who were wise in their early years but foolish in their later years."

"I once hoped that you, father, would not take this path, and I also gave you a chance, but I didn't expect..."

Ying Zheng put his hands in his sleeves, "Shut up. I'm not someone you can judge by."

"Once the feudal system begins, there is no turning back. In a few decades, the world will be at war again."

Fusu said, "No. Only when the central government has great power, the world is one. Whether it is feudal fiefdom or county, the principle is the same. Only when I am the strongest, the world is one."

Ying Zheng was so wise that others naturally couldn't understand what he said.

But he won't.

"the same?"

"Yes. The essence is the same. Even if it is a county system, they will still divide themselves into small kings and big kings in the local area. That's because human nature is selfish and has a great desire for power. This is a fact that cannot be changed."

Ying Zheng and Fusu looked at each other again.

"What are you going to do?"

"With Guanzhong as the base, we will radiate and control the whole world. No matter whether it is a state or a county, all must obey the emperor's orders."

Ying Zheng turned his head away, unwilling to look at Fusu again, as if he was very ashamed.

But he was a man who would not admit defeat. He was too stubborn to admit that he had lost and asked the reason.

"How long have you been planning this?"

"soon."

"At least three to five years." Ying Zheng stroked his beard. He thought that it was because he sent him to attack the State of Chu and gave him military power, which cultivated his desire for power, leading to the current situation.

"Not really. Only fifteen years."

"so long!?"

"You said that I wasn't cruel enough."

Ying Zheng stared at Fusu, "I see. You are indeed not ruthless enough, but at least you have proved that a king cannot rule the world by being ruthless alone."

"I'm tired, please leave."

Fusu stood up.

He wanted to persuade Ying Zheng to go back and rest, but he was actually not in a hurry.

He discovered the greed of his subjects, which was the basis for controlling them. As long as he had the power to divide the world, they would all be his pawns.

As for his ministers, Fusu already had a good grasp of how to control them.

But Ying Zheng thought Fusu was eager to ask him for the abdication edict.

"Leave the silk book and the pen here, I will write for you. After I finish writing, I will have someone send it to you."

"Let those jackals at the door go home."

"What happens in the palace ends in the palace."

Fusu only felt a chill in his heart.

"Yes."

Fusu stood up and walked out of the palace.

The people around him rushed forward in panic. They seemed to be worried that the emperor had eaten the prince alive in there. "Prince..."

Zhang Han gave a look and ordered the guards to close the door.

Fusu said to everyone, "The door of the Daijoden has never been closed. Just leave it open."

In the main hall, Ying Zheng sat in the sunshine, writing his abdication edict stroke by stroke on a piece of silk book...