My son, Fusu, please abdicate the first emperor!

Chapter 701: You take one, I take one.

Meritorious officials and military generals entered Xianyang City one after another.

At the same time, Fusu's brothers also began to get restless.

After eating white rice and meat soup for a few years, these brothers have grown into big men, young and strong, with quick minds.

Their life cycle is in the initial stage of germination and then beginning to grow.

When the news of Ying Zheng's abdication came, the entire Gui Palace was in an uproar.

Many people remember the kindness Fusu had shown them in the past, but few want to do something practical to repay him.

When the news of the enfeoffment came, the Gui Palace was extremely lively.

For a while, they stopped going to Tianlu Pavilion to study. These princes and grandchildren drove their teachers out in broad daylight, and more than a dozen brothers gathered in the church to discuss the issue of enfeoffment.

"Since Pangu created the world, the division of land and feudalism have always been inseparable from brothers."

"Now that your majesty has ascended the throne, you have summoned all the meritorious officials back to the capital in order to re-enfeoff the land and continue the Zhou Dynasty system, following the ancient ways and benefiting the present."

"Your Majesty, if you follow the example of your ancestors and emulate the King of Zhou, you will surely win the hearts of your subjects."

Gongzi Gao spoke passionately that these children who were being trained by the royal family had completely forgotten Fusu's original intention of having doctors and professors train them.

"In other words, we brothers and others will no longer be bound by constraints. We will each have our own fiefdom, our own people, mines, and fields."

The brothers all laughed happily.

Gongzi Hou and Gongzi Pan looked at each other. They were all grown up now and had their own judgment. Gao's words were certainly exciting, but Hou and Pan felt that what he said was far away from them.

The second elder brother, Master Jianglu, was also surprisingly silent.

But at this moment, the silence of three or five people was completely defeated by the noise of more than ten people.

Masters of Confucian classics such as Kong Yu and Chunyu Yue have worked very hard over the years to educate these children.

Right now, they are locked out.

"We have been teaching for so long so that the princes can understand the meaning of the classics. Judging from the current situation, I am afraid that all our efforts over the years have been wasted."

Chunyu Yue fluttered his sleeves.

All the famous teachers who were at the Jixia Academy at that time also gathered together.

Zhu Zi, the teacher of the Ming family, stroked his beard and smiled and said, "I heard that His Majesty the Emperor has summoned 400,000 troops to Xianyang. I'm afraid there is a lot to this matter of enfeoffment."

"It's too early for the kids inside to be happy. It's better for us to continue teaching here."

Everyone's eyes lit up, "Is there such a thing?"

"Although Your Majesty only issued three edicts upon ascending the throne, the first thing he did after receiving the imperial seal was to mobilize the army back to Xianyang. Would I lie to you?"

Upon hearing this, all the teachers looked at each other and smiled.

When everyone was about to leave, laughter suddenly rang out from the room again, and someone shouted, "Brother is so awesome."

"Brother is really amazing! He even dares to rebel against our father!"

"If big brother doesn't act immediately, our royal family will be disgraced."

"Brother is truly wise and powerful."

When talking about this matter, every brother gave Fusu a thumbs up.

There is no way. The biological father is so bad, and the eldest brother Fusu did things that no one dared to think about.

For a time, Fusu became the strongest person in the eyes of more than a dozen brothers.

To Fusu, there was gratitude and admiration.

In fact, they wanted to divide the fiefdoms, and some of them simply thought that the eldest brother had always been good to them, and this time would be the same, and they would be indispensable in the division of fiefdoms.

These smart young men who have just reached adulthood are at the stage where they can no longer keep their words to themselves.

He chattered and spoke out his true feelings, and for a moment the scholars and great men of virtue could only laugh.

On his way back, Wei Liao also heard the people's discussions.

In this Qin Dynasty, everyone knew that Fusu forced his father Qin Shi Huang to abdicate, but no one said that Fusu was wrong. On the contrary, everyone praised Fusu.

Wei Liao passed through Nanyang City and deliberately went to visit an old friend. In the tavern, he heard an old woman say, "Your Majesty should have done this a long time ago."

"What, can you say that?"

"Why can't I say it? Everyone says it, so why can't I say it?"

Wei Liao choked up.

The old woman continued, "The First Emperor is old, his hearing is not good, his brain is also dim, and he is not very smart. He is getting more and more dizzy, snatching other people's children to cultivate immortality. Even pigs would not fall for it, but he dared to do it. It is obvious that he is not a good person."

When Wei Liao heard this, he burst into laughter.

"That makes sense, very much so. When the First Emperor was in the mire, he knew how to keep a low profile. Once he stood on a high mountain, he was like a peacock running around the mountain with its bottom naked, and he still thought he was spreading his feathers."

The old woman was even happier when she heard this.

A jar of wine was given to Wei Liao for free.

Wei Liao was very proud and told many people about Qin Shihuang's dirty laundry.

"When Qin Shi Huang went on his eastern tour to Langya County, he pointed at a tree on the road and said he wanted to confer the title of Wu Dafu on this tree."

When the people of Nanyang heard this, they all burst into laughter.

They have heard this story no less than eight hundred times.

But every time they thought that this was done by Qin Shihuang, no matter how many times they heard it, they couldn't help but burst into laughter.

That day, as the sun set, people in a tavern in the corner of Nanyang city spent a happy afternoon.

The protagonist of the story, Qin Shi Huang, now the emperor emeritus, was meditating while burning incense as he looked at the scene of half of the river being green and half being red as the sun set.

Occasionally, if a mosquito flew over, Ying Zheng would immediately jump up and hit it with the stool under his butt.

The personal maids who served Ying Zheng had suspected that he was a little crazy in the past. After seeing this scene today, they were convinced that the First Emperor was really a lunatic.

In addition to Ren Xiong and Wei Liao, generals such as Li Xin, Wang Ben, Yang Miao, Yang Duanhe, and Sima Xin returned to Xianyang one after another.

But among them, only Liao could meet Fusu alone.

In the past ten years, Liao did not have much real power in the Qin State and only gave advice to Ying Zheng.

But he clearly felt that after Fusu succeeded to the throne, he could do something big because Fusu would listen to everyone's opinions, instead of asking everyone to listen to him like Qin Shihuang did.

After returning to the palace, Fusu did ask Wei Liao for his opinion.

Fusu spread out the map and used a bamboo pole to show Wei Liao his division.

"For every piece that a young man gets, I get one too."

"For every piece of gold that a hero gets, I get one too."

"According to this rule, of the 33 counties in the world, I will govern 18 counties centered on Xianyang. The remaining counties can be divided among the princes, nobles, and meritorious military officers. What do you think?" Wei Liao was stunned. "The world is such a big pie, Your Majesty will eat up most of it by yourself, and only give the remaining half to the meritorious military officers. There are so many military officers and nobles, but they will get very little land."

"They will definitely disagree with this division."

The Second Emperor crossed his chest and smiled, "This is exactly what I expected. That's why I asked the national commander to come back and lead another 400,000 troops into Guanzhong and station them near Xianyang."

Wei Liao at most just wanted to have counties and fiefdoms coexist, but Fusu directly came up with an enhanced version of the system where counties and kingdoms coexisted. According to the conception, the former was obviously more stable.

From the perspective of people's livelihood, Fusu's method can obviously lead the world to true peace.

"Great! How did you come up with that?"

"I am destined to succeed. I only need to use my brain a little to get out of this situation."

"This is indeed a good idea." Liao said excitedly while holding the map.

"My lords, you can't give them all the land. I think you should treat them like subjects. Send them to be kings for two years, and if they don't work out, take them back. How do you think?"

"Your Majesty has already planned it out. What can I say?" Liao didn't expect that Fusu called him over at the first opportunity just to let him pretend to be something great in front of him.

In the end, he still managed to install it.

Liao naturally felt very unhappy.

The apprentice showed off in front of his master and succeeded. How could the master put his face?

Wei Liao's eyes turned, and he came up with an idea. He suddenly asked, "Your Majesty, I heard on the road that people all over the world are talking about you."

"What are you saying about me?" Fusu had already received the news that people all over the world were praising him for doing a good job, especially for calling the common people "people". The people now had a great liking for Fusu.

"They say you are rebelling against your father."

Fusu's face suddenly turned pale.

"What!? Nonsense! It's abdication, how can it be called rebellion?"

"Your Majesty, why are you so excited? I did not say that the people blamed your Majesty. On the contrary, the people said that your Majesty did the right thing."

Fusu understood at once.

He looked at Liao, who was already grown up but loved to compete with the emperor. He now understood why the retired emperor always wanted to kill Liao when he was in power.

Fusu thought, forget it, he is still of some use, let’s talk about it later.

Liao was satisfied when he saw Fusu couldn't laugh anymore. But he thought, this kid may look calm on the surface, but he must be thinking of killing me to vent his anger. After all, this guy is Zhao Zheng's son, so I still have to be on guard against him.

Liao and Fusu were scheming against each other.

"You used Li Si and Zhang Han to force the First Emperor to abdicate. Now the court officials are discussing this matter in private."

"What are you talking about?" The Second Emperor put his hands on his hips. "It's clearly written in the edict that the Grand Emperor admitted that he had made a mistake and felt deeply ashamed of God and his ancestors. The word voluntary is clearly stated."

Although Fusu believed that he had done nothing wrong and almost no one among his subjects opposed it, he still felt very uncomfortable.

Because he is also a father.

"You used a man like Li Si to ascend to power, so you must make great use of him in the future. But a man like Li Si chose to flatter his master in times of crisis. He served his master three times. Your Majesty, have you ever thought about the consequences?"

"The position of Prime Minister is extremely important."

Fusu stroked his chin and said, "You are right. Li Si really should not be the prime minister anymore."

At the beginning, Li Si stood firmly on Ying Zheng's side and supported Ying Zheng's overall county system; now that he has come to power, the first thing he does is to divide the land.

The matter of enfeoffment is not as simple as simply inheriting the old system and satisfying the interests of those meritorious military officers. What is more important is to let these people go down to the grassroots.

It’s not that the imperial power cannot reach the countryside, but it depends on who is the county magistrate.

Otherwise, if a group of Chu people were allowed to make trouble in the same place, something big would happen in the border areas after a long time. The descendants of the six kingdoms would surely make a comeback.

Since the enfeoffment must be implemented as soon as possible, and Li Si is in such an unfaithful and unjust position, it is unreasonable for him to continue to be the prime minister.

"Does the captain mean to change the prime minister?"

"A new emperor appoints new ministers, Your Majesty. It's not that I have any prejudice against this man, but he is not capable of great things."

Fusu thought, "It is not difficult to depose Li Si, the problem is who will replace him. Prime Minister Si's talent is unparalleled in the world."

If it weren't for Li Si, how could the court officials treat him with such respect? It was because they saw the attitudes of Li Si, Zhang Han, Feng Quji and other bigwigs towards him, and they followed their example.

Fusu still understood this principle.

Before he got the throne, Fusu had thought about who he would appoint as prime minister in the future. Xiao He must have been one of them.

But after Xiao He became the Minister of Justice, people outside began to have two-sided opinions about him. Many people said that he was not loyal to them.

This is the first reason. The second reason is that Xiao He was too young and did not have enough experience. The fact that he could be the court judge was a trick played by Qin Shi Huang to fight against him, which made many officials sad.

If he continued to use Xiao He, he would appear to be as foolish as Ying Zheng.

If one's virtue is not matched with his position, he will suffer the consequences. Forcing Xiao He to be prime minister would only ruin him.

"I plan to reinstate Wang Wan as prime minister and complete this important task of enfeoffment."

Wei Liao asked anxiously, "What about Li Si?"

"Why is the state commander so obsessed with this matter? The most important thing right now is to complete the county-state system."

Wei Liao said seriously, "Your Majesty, personnel transfers are always a big deal. Do you know what kind of person Li Si is?"

"Little man?"

Wei Liao was surprised, "Your Majesty, you still use him. Your Majesty, do you know why many officials chose to return home when the emperor was alive?"

"That's because there is a jealous prime minister in the court. Anyone who is more talented than him will be excluded."

"Because of this incident, too many upright officials and talented people in the court have been excluded. They all have great resentment towards Li Si. If you use him, you will be rejected by them."

"If you use two groups of people at the same time, you will lose both groups of people. The emperor has already given the best example of the consequences of abusing power."

"This is my advice. Your Majesty, please think twice."

Liao is really concerned about this matter.

He even bowed to Fusu.

"I know your majesty is in a dilemma, because that man got the throne, and now you abandon him, it seems unjust. But I don't understand, your majesty knows that Li Si is a villain, but why did you use Li Si to complete the task of seizing power? Obviously everything has been done."

Now it was Fusu's turn to complain, "The villain holds the real power. Do I have to find a way to become the king by writing articles for the gentlemen?"

"Gentlemen are honest, but they are not greedy for power. If you want to succeed to the throne, you have to rely on the power of these people."

Liao nodded, "In that case, I have a way to help the Crown Prince get out of this dilemma. But Your Majesty must agree to dismiss Li Si, otherwise, those loyal and virtuous officials will not come back, and they will not offer advice and suggestions in the court."

Fusu: "If there is such a good idea, I will definitely implement it."

Liao Jin bowed again, "If Your Majesty is unwilling to listen to my advice, then I will not tell Your Majesty."

(End of this chapter)