My son, Fusu, please abdicate the first emperor!

Chapter 713 It’s dawn, please open your eyes.

[Anyone with a discerning eye can see that there was something wrong with the title of yesterday’s chapter. It was originally a happy story, but it was changed to a miserable title.]——
"This is acting!"

“This is a show!”

At the Yao residence, Zhou Qingchen stomped on the floor of the Yao family, making a thumping sound. The mats on the floor were vibrating.

Zhou Qingchen's eyes were red. "Your Majesty, this is obviously partiality. Ji Bu and Liu Ji were promoted without any merit. Your Majesty heard that someone was criticizing Ji Bu, but he actually acted with Ji Bu. This is simply naked partiality for Ji Bu."

"But there are still people who praise Ji Bu, saying that he is upright and has integrity."

Zhou Qingchen patted his chest angrily, "A commoner like Ji Bu, who has barely read a few books, is qualified to talk about morality."

"Everyone knows that in this great Qin Empire, the only person who can bear the word loyalty and righteousness is you, Lord Yao."

Yao Jia rubbed his big round belly which was made after eating abalone, and looked at Zhou Qingchen lazily.

"Everyone in Xianyang City knows that when His Majesty ascended the throne, we two contributed the most."

Zhou Qingchen spoke confidently, as if he had suffered a great injustice.

Yao Guang felt ashamed and knelt on the side looking at the table. He wanted to say something but didn't know what to say.

Yao Jia gradually couldn't bear to listen anymore.

"Okay. Stop it."

Yao Jia only used a very ordinary tone, but Zhou Qingchen quickly quieted down, as if the other party had made some unparalleled sound.

Yao Jia held his chin in his hand, "Alas - why is your Majesty so unwilling to listen to advice? I heard that the Right Prime Minister Wang Wan had personally warned your Majesty about these things before."

"But His Majesty not only did not listen, but he immediately appointed Liu Ji and Ji Bu as captains."

"In the eyes of His Majesty, we are all old guys who can be thrown away after being used."

Yao Jia spoke slowly.

Zhou Qingchen's eyes suddenly sparkled with a cunning look, "Shangqing, Your Majesty can't go on like this. It won't be long before the whole court is filled with young people. Where are we old guys going to go?"

When Yao Guang heard the word "young people", his heart was filled with emotion.

Yao Jia looked at his son and said, "A Guang, you go out first."

"Yes." Yao Guang suddenly changed into a different person and walked away very obediently.

Only Yao Jia and Zhou Qingchen were left in the room.

Since Zhao Gao, his powerful supporter, was gone, Ying Zheng completely fell and Li Si was driven away.

Yao Jia and Zhou Qingchen became brothers in distress and huddled together tightly.

"I heard that His Majesty ordered the Court Justice Xiao He, the Minister of the Chancellery Chen Ping, and that fat guy Zhang Cang to take back the vacant houses and fields to the government treasury and redistribute them."

"As a result, Xiao He actually distributed the fertile farmland to the landless common people around Xianyang City, gave farmland to hired farmers, and even gave subsidies to some prisoners who were released after serving their sentences in Xianyang so that they could return home."

"Isn't it a sin to give away such good land and so much money to illiterate common people?"

Zhou Qingchen's words immediately aroused Yao Jia's disgust.

He was also a commoner in the past.

"Your Majesty wants to achieve great governance. Even if there is no Xiao He, you will create another Xiao He to try to realize the wish of great peace for the world. This is the foundation for the Second Emperor to be supported by wise officials in the court."

"You don't want to cause trouble over something like this at this critical moment. Be careful of being impeached by Meng Yi."

Zhou Qingchen seemed to be choked by something in his throat, and he was stunned for a long time.

Forty years ago, when Zhou Qingchen was ten years old, he also thought about bringing peace to the world and letting the common people live a good life.

But soon, he came to his senses.

"How can this be saved? You give them land today, but they will give it to someone else tomorrow. The common people are poor because of greed. Once they get the land, they want to become high officials and rich people."

"This is human nature. The root cause of the country's troubles lies in allowing these bottom-level ants to have enough food to eat, so that they have the energy and leisure to think about other things."

"Shangqing, please don't forget. This is the way our Qin State has governed for more than a hundred years!"

"This is the reason why the Emperor Taishang led the Qin State to destroy the six kingdoms!"

“This is the essence of rule of law!”

Zhou Qingchen squeezed out a few tears from his eyes. "If Xiao He gets power, he will definitely bring up old scores."

The flesh on Yao Jia's face twitched suddenly and his sharp eyes glanced over.

"Old account?"

Although the sword hanging above the head did not fall down, it was even more frightening and powerful.

Because you never know when this sword will fall.

Zhou Qingchen replied, "It is human nature to seek benefits and avoid harm. Shang Qing, you must do something. You cannot let His Majesty think that as long as he sits in that position, everything will be fine."

Yao Jia stroked his beard, "So, you have an idea?"

"Xiao He and Fatty Zhang are both making contributions. We can't just sit there and do nothing. Right now, there is something that is beneficial to the country and can let His Majesty know that we are naked people."

"If you are a human being, you will change."

"No one is loyal to anyone forever."

Zhou Qingchen had a smile on his face.

Separated by a wall, Yao Guang listened carefully outside.

He listened to the conversation between the two and couldn't help but frown.
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Liu Ji was appointed as a commander, and he asked Fusu to bring his family to Xianyang to live there in their old age.

In this way, he got a house in Xianyang City.

Ji Bu sneered at such an insatiable request.

But this time, Shao Ping felt that Liu Ji was extremely smart.

After Fusu ascended the throne, the world was surprisingly peaceful. It was as if the world had stopped. This emperor who chose to rest with the people, through his inaction, let the common people feel what it felt like to not be oppressed for the first time.

In the past, Qin Shi Huang would frequently issue imperial edicts because he wanted to govern his country in an orderly manner.

But once Qin Shihuang wanted to implement them, those edicts and laws were passed down layer by layer, and everything changed.

Because the purpose of all imperial decrees is to serve people. However, the implementation of all imperial decrees is done by people. In this process, the ugliest side of people is often exposed.

Aggression, oppression, exploitation.

By the time of Fusu's generation, he had learned the lessons from his father Qin Shihuang's failure in politics and understood the root causes.

In order not to release evil, Fusu did not intend to forcibly promote good.

Therefore, if the leaders do nothing, the people below will have no excuse, and the common people will also have nothing to do.

Since the common people have no government orders to fulfill, they will naturally focus on their own fields and their children's education.

Everyone's stress was reduced a lot.

It was not until the news that Fusu would reduce taxes by 30% was announced that the people of Guanzhong were excited.

They felt like someone had taken away a lot of the pressure on their shoulders, and they felt a lot more relaxed.

In winter, people put their hands in their sleeves and looked at the notice, with a smile on their faces.

A terrible era has passed.

A brand new era is about to begin.

Everyone knows that beneath the white snow are the seeds for next year's New Year.

But we have to get through this cold winter first.

In addition, there is one thing that must be mentioned first.

Because Fusu implemented a policy of reducing taxes in Guanzhong, and he chose a strategy of giving the people a rest inside the pass, but he also appointed many princes outside the pass.

The people all have sharp eyes.

They understand better than the emperor why there are so many wars in the world. Isn't it because there are too many countries?

The people of this country began to move frantically in the winter of that year. In the past, Qin Shihuang urged the people to move to the vicinity of Xianyang City, but now the common people rushed to move to the vicinity of Xianyang City.

It was a pity that those princes had just arrived and did not have enough control over the local areas. The first problem they encountered was Fusu's move. Many common people heard that Guanzhong's policies were good and that Guanzhong wanted to give the people a rest, so they moved to Guanzhong one after another.

Because the people of the Central Plains - the 'descendants' of the ancient gods - have finally learned enough from the lessons of war and do not want to fight again in the short term.

It was in the winter of that year that the number of citizens in the vassal states dropped sharply, while the number of citizens within the Great Wall began to increase sharply.

In addition to the common people and wealthy businessmen who came from the vassal states, there were also villagers who hid in the mountains and forests to avoid the war.

It was said that an emperor came who wanted to achieve world peace. He immediately announced a ceasefire, signed peace treaties with neighboring countries, and then began to exempt taxes.

These things really hit the heart of the people.

The villagers naturally flocked out.

The world is slowly moving in a good direction.

But there are also some fools who are stubborn and stubborn. Some run to Guanzhong, and some run to the vassal states, in order to realize their long-cherished wish of becoming a senior official, to satisfy their ambitions, to show their talents...

History is nothing more than a magnificent symphony of countless individual destinies.

It is not beautiful, always covered in blood and full of ugliness.

Crisis and rebirth always go hand in hand.
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In other words, the common people saw the hope of survival and the hope of prosperity, but Fusu had to pay a price.

Just like countless people asked.

As an emperor, shouldn't he be trying hard to suppress the people, satisfy his own selfish desires, and exploit the common people like cattle and horses in order to realize his own selfish desires and make his name famous through the ages?

Why would an emperor bother to interfere in the lives of the people and care about whether the common people were happy or not?

Isn't this contradictory?
Are there really such good people?

Fusu did not think that he was a good person, but he would not be an emperor who achieved his political goals by exploiting the people.

Because, the true way to govern a country lies in morality!
Only when you bend down and lift up the common people, will the common people lift you up in return.

If you look down on the common people, the common people will overthrow you.

It has nothing to do with the good or evil of personal nature, it’s just that Fusu’s method of governing the country is more reasonable.

However, these practices of praising the weak - the common people - obviously irritated the hearts of many powerful people, who felt that Fusu was different from them.

The Qin Empire has achieved its current state after exploiting several generations of talents.

Countless people have been exploited, and all they have learned is how to exploit.

Suddenly one day, Qin II said, I will not exploit others anymore, and you should not exploit the people either.

Everyone was a little afraid of Fusu.

That's right, it's fear, it's terror.

It has been dark for too long, and everyone has been blind for hundreds of years. They have become accustomed to how to survive and make progress in the darkness.

Suddenly, someone opened the window and the sunlight came in.

The people standing at the top had their eyes burned by the sun, which hurt so much!
However, Fusu was determined to open the window.

It's getting light, please open your eyes.
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Not to mention that the court officials were afraid of Fusu's actions, even Zhang Han, the Shaofu who had great confidence in Fusu, gradually developed dissatisfaction with Fusu.

Logically speaking, he is the one who deserves the most credit for the Second Emperor's succession to the throne today.

But Qin II did not treat him as well as he had imagined.

He is still the Shaofu.

Although in the past, Fusu and he helped each other secretly, Fusu allowed him to control the public security of the entire Xianyang city, and he served as the Shaofu and the Nei Shi, what a great honor.

But what Zhang Han was always thinking about was military merit - that was the glory of a man.

He thought Fusu really wanted to call a truce, as he had always felt that Fusu was somewhat treacherous.

After all, his wish was to become a military general, be appointed a general and be granted a title of nobility. However, he had no military merit and could only continue to be a Shaofu.

However, when the second emperor came to power, he did not show much respect for him.

Instead, he invited Wang Wan back and treated Wei Liao with great respect.

Zhang Han endured all of this.

After all, his official position is really very high.

However, at this critical juncture, Fusu promoted two Chu people to the position of captains.

It was because Liu Ji said that if any of the princes dared to rebel in the future, he would be willing to help the emperor to pacify them.

Zhang Han felt that Qin II was just like the green tea he liked to drink!
Moreover, he has double standards.

He announced to the outside world that there would be no more war in the world; then he appointed two people from Chu as captains.

General, General, he is always just a little bit short of becoming a general.

Anyway, a pig can be promoted to captain, but it is not his turn to lead troops.

Zhang Han rubbed the jade walnut until the skin on his palms turned red.

Zhang Han was sitting at home when suddenly his third brother received a piece of news.

Zhang Han also had a younger brother named Zhang Ping, who was a military officer.

Like Zhang Han, he had never been on the battlefield, but he was in charge of the troops.

Isn’t Zhang Han the Internal History?

After he was in charge of the security of Xianyang, Zhang Ping naturally became the magistrate of Xianyang.

Therefore, Zhang Han is actually recognized as the most helpful contributor to Fusu.

Because at that time, all the troops inside and outside Xianyang of the Qin State were controlled by the Zhang family.

Qin Shi Huang trusted Zhang Han so much, but he did not expect that Zhang Han was the biggest threat.

Killing Zhao Gao was more like a sleight of hand.

Zhang Han knew very well that all the troops were in his hands.

If he had chosen to support Ying Zheng, Fusu might have been a prisoner or even deposed crown prince.

But he chose to help Fusu, and Qin Shihuang became the "abdicator".

In this situation, Fusu did not consolidate his interests, but instead did many things that went against "common sense".

Especially when he dismissed Li Si, all the ministers were horrified by Fusu's methods.

Give a minister a mountain of wealth as money to return home.

Many people may underestimate this amount of money, but in fact, it is quite like scraping the bone to cure the poison. Because this amount of money is a huge amount for the Qin State, the funds saved from the Eastern Tour and Xu Fu's quest for elixir were all transferred to Li Si.

I would rather cut off my own flesh than not get rid of Li Si.

It is often this kind of soft knife that can kill people.

Zhang Han had to worry about his own fate.

Back to the topic, on this day, Zhang Ping brought a piece of news to Zhang Han.

"Brother, should we tell His Majesty? Let him be prepared."

Zhang Han thought for a while and said, "No need."

"That's not good. Your Majesty has just ascended the throne."

Zhang Han rubbed the two jade walnuts in his hand, "Alas - I used to think that many people were not loyal enough. Now I think that my previous thinking was too simple."

"Your Majesty, you succeeded to the throne at a young age. You reduced taxes and dismissed the prime minister. These were all important matters. But you did not discuss them with the old ministers and senior officials, but only with a few people of the same age as you."

"I don't know, what do we high-ranking officials use our salaries for?"

"Does this mean that younger meat eaters are smarter than older meat eaters?"

(End of this chapter)