My son, Fusu, please abdicate the first emperor!

Chapter 767 Answer
At night, the sky of Xianyang City is full of shining stars.

In Xianyang City, four straight roads extend from the city center, leading to the east, west, south and north respectively.

The four straight roads extend into countless streets.

The streets are as dense as a big net, and people of all kinds are walking in groups of three or two on the streets towards their homes.

The night watchman drove a horse-drawn carriage and banged a gong to tell the time.

The city gate was about to close, and the Tiger Guards were escorting a luxurious copper-covered carriage slowly forward on the deserted, cleared straight road.

The second emperor of the Qin Empire was not as good as the first emperor in other aspects. He was always very low-key when traveling, and he did not need a luxurious carriage to show his status.

If you are traveling in a luxurious carriage like today, you must clear the road in advance.

Therefore, since the end of the First Emperor's era, common people have rarely seen the grand scene of the Qin emperor traveling in luxurious carriages, let alone the grand scene of the streets being deserted and everyone coming out to see the First Emperor.

The emperor is like a high star, with a height difference between him and the people like heaven and earth, and the people can only look up at him; or, in other words, the emperor is like the sky, he chooses to stand thousands of miles above the mountains, covering and caring for all living beings.

Objectively speaking, the people are still quite far away from the monarch.

If there is no difference between the ruler and the people, the world will be in chaos.

Whether the new ideal can be realized depends on whether we can stand on solid ground.

The ridiculous theory of equality between the monarch and the people, and even the argument that the people are more important than the monarch, is, after all, just an abstract metaphor, which only warns the monarch to value the vitality of the people.

The emperor's carriage was speeding along the straight and flat road, heading towards the Xianyang Palace.

The gates on all four sides of Xianyang City were all closed at the same time as the shadow on the sundial completely disappeared.

Since the second emperor ascended the throne, he has been curbing and opposing extravagance and waste. It takes time to stop extravagance and waste behind the scenes, but it can be stopped by an imperial edict. This is power.

So at this point, as soon as it gets dark, you can no longer see the Xianyang Palace or even the Xianyang Palace, and there are no palaces or attics that are lit all night long.

The mermaid lanterns would no longer burn all night long in the Zhangtai Palace, and the sounds of singing from the palaces in the harem would no longer be heard.

The entire Qin Dynasty seemed to be in a period of self-restraint. Following the new emperor, the people of Qin began to rethink issues such as life, self, interpersonal relationships, and nature.

That era of excessive pursuit of material things gradually faded away with the brutal war between the Qin Empire and South Vietnam and the recovery of the Hetao region.

The Chinese are like this, they always like to compromise. If you want them to stop blindly pursuing desires, you must first let them fight continuously and lose their lives. In this way, they will understand the value of peace and desire a stable life.

This capital city, which has been mired in the legacy of bloody political events in the past, is now marching towards a bright future, towards a step that it had never dared to dream of in the past.

In Yuzhen Palace, the lights were still bright as usual tonight.

This will be the last night that the Yuzhen Palace will be brightly lit.

Ying Zheng lay alone on the cold mat, his tears flowing silently like two small rivers for half the night.

The palace maid who was kneeling outside the bed serving him also started crying with red eyes for no apparent reason.

Since the Second Emperor had said so, he would certainly do it. Soon, all the food and clothing supplies in Yuzhen Palace would be simplified, not to mention the monthly salary.

The palace maids cried for their fate, and Ying Zheng also cried for his fate.

There are so many tears in this world.

But ask yourself, among all the tears you have shed in your life, how many were shed for others? And in this world, with so many people of all kinds, how many people shed tears for you?

Ying Zheng's fat body curled up like a bear about to enter winter. He quickly found a tree hole to fold himself up and hide in a corner to avoid being discovered by predators.

Ying Zheng recalled his eventful life and missed the two most important women in his life. Neither of them was perfect and neither of them completely satisfied him.

But it was precisely these two women who occupied his entire life and welded his heart tightly to theirs.

That night, Zulong cried so sadly.

When it was almost dawn, suddenly dark clouds gathered, blocking the bright moon, and a rainstorm came.

Everyone was awakened by the sudden rainstorm, and the people of Xianyang had to get up early to check their own granaries, pig toilets, and poultry to prevent them from being damaged by the sudden rainstorm.

Ying Zheng seemed to be sleeping soundly.

Ying Zheng's poor sleep seemed to be the source of his emotional instability and even violent personality. But after this night, his sleep miraculously recovered.

It was raining heavily outside and Ying Zheng was immersed in a deep sleep.

In the dream, Ying Zheng returned to Handan City, and his father and mother stood in front of him, looking at him.

"I've told you so many times, it's time to let go." Queen Dowager Zhao touched Ying Zheng's face.

Ying Zheng still looked like a child. He frowned, clenched his fists tightly, looked at the Zhao army, and resentment appeared in his eyes.

But suddenly, Ying Zheng thought of something and he threw himself into his mother's arms.

"Forget it. That's it."

Queen Dowager Zhao looked at Ying Zheng without saying anything, just smiled, and then disappeared.

Then, Ying Zheng's father came to him and picked him up. "I knew you could do it. From the moment you were born, I knew you were destined to be a great man."

"you did it."

Ying Zheng listened, half asleep and half awake, but still smiled.

The dream suddenly changed, and suddenly Ying Zheng was in a vegetable field. The vegetable field was full of thick fog, and nothing could be seen clearly.

Ying Zheng walked and walked in his robe, not knowing where he was going.

An old woman selling vegetables suddenly stopped him and asked, "Did you drop something?"

Ying Zheng asked, "I didn't."

"No, you fell off."

"I just saw a long tumor-like thing falling off your body. It's disgusting. Take this dirty thing and throw it away."

Ying Zheng was very surprised. He stared blankly at the old lady pointing at the filth on the ground. In an instant, he felt his head lighter and his mind cleared up.

When I woke up from a deep sleep, the rain outside had stopped long ago.

The golden sun jumped out from the east mountain and quickly dried up the ground, leaving only the shade of the trees around the wall moist.

Ying Zheng woke up from his dream and opened the window to look at the scenery on the mountain again.

At that moment, he felt how free and easy it was for him to live as a human being.

He should have relieved himself of his responsibilities long ago. It was he who forced too much responsibility on himself, which led to the current situation.

Ying Zheng finally let himself go.

This old man, who is nearly half a hundred years old, finally got the destination he deserved - living out his life in peace.

Fusu's original intention was not to let Ying Zheng let go. He just wanted Ying Zheng to see the reality and stop being immersed in a dream from which he would never wake up.

In this time and space, he is a human, not a god. No matter what his past origins were, Ying Zheng is now a human.

But individuals always have limitations, and there are always regrets in life. To gain something, you must lose a lot of things.

Ying Zheng was relieved.

But soon, Fusu's imperial edict was delivered to him.

"Your Majesty, in compliance with the will of Heaven, hereby proclaims: From today onwards, all the wine, meat, delicacies, clothing and utensils supplied by Yuzhen Palace will be reduced by half according to the specifications."

Zhou Bo had known this since the first day he came to Yuzhen Palace. There was no one working in the palace. The women were so delicate and tender that they just waited for the emperor to favor them. The men spent all day thinking about what to say to make the emperor laugh so that he could be promoted to a high position soon. In addition to the guards, there were also scholars like Xu Fu and Lu Wan, who played tricks all day long.

The retired emperor didn't want to practice cultivation anymore, but the others were still pretending to be immortals. They burned incense and performed rituals in the palace every day, or they were refining elixirs or collecting herbs.

All the vegetation on Mount Li was stripped bare by them.

I've heard for a long time that Qin Shihuang had a bad reputation. He was surrounded by such despicable people. How could he have a good reputation?

Today's incident was not unexpected.

Ying Zheng was very calm and composed when facing the imperial edict.

He ignored it and said, "The music continues, and the dance continues."

Ji Xin was terrified and stepped forward to stop him, "Grand Emperor, His Majesty has issued an edict to reduce all supplies by half."

Ying Zheng didn't think Ji Xin was a disappointment, he just said, "Then follow the half-measure. Keep singing, keep dancing."

Ji Xin, you are still too young.

He simply thought that the three words "Qin Shi Huang" were so loud only because he was the emperor.

In fact, it is because Qin Shihuang was named Ying Zheng that the name Qin Shihuang has become so famous throughout history.

In fact, a person like Qin Shihuang was born as a businessman by God, and he could become a first-class businessman.

God made him a warrior; he could be a first-rate marshal.

God created him as a woman, so he can be a heroine.

Not to mention that Fusu issued an edict to stop all of Ying Zheng's spending, even if the sky fell, he would still face it bravely, and even support it in his own way, or simply poke a hole in the sky.

Ji Xin was still shocked by Qin Shihuang's mentality. He was too stable.

Soon, dancers and musicians arrived one after another.

When Xu Fu heard that the Emperor had come in person last night and reprimanded the retired emperor for his misbehavior and extravagance in the Yuzhen Palace, he had a premonition that his good days were about to come to an end.

Not to mention that after the fall of the First Emperor, he lost his high official title and could no longer enjoy luxury cars, beautiful women and mansions, but instead lost his freedom.

Before, as a favorite of the retired emperor, he could make some money in the Yuzhen Palace. For example, the sacrificial platform tower was supervised by Xu Fu alone from allocation to completion. During this period, he had to change the money countless times and finally swallowed most of the money into his own pocket.

As a result, he has no place to spend the money he swallowed.

Xu Fu was both afraid of and hated Qin Shi Huang.

Why did he just abdicate so quietly? Now he has lost everything.

Lu Wan and others also felt that their future was worrying. Seeing that the First Emperor had no intention of cultivating immortality, they could only find another way and think of ways to continue to deceive the First Emperor so that he could maintain his youthful appearance.

It’s no wonder that this method is really attractive to Ying Zheng.

After his son's warning, Ying Zheng completely gave up the idea of ​​returning to Zhangtai Palace to preside over government affairs, and he began to focus on doing some unique and big things.

In a nutshell, Fusu prevented Ying Zheng from returning to the political track. Then Ying Zheng's instinct drove him to work hard in his own field. He wanted to do something that would make the world willing to worship him - cultivating immortality.

"I must achieve the right result this time, so that those ordinary people in the world can see it."

In June, Qin Shi Huang began to call himself "Zhenren" again, refining elixirs and cultivating immortality on Mount Li.

However, there are indeed some tricks to this cultivation of immortality.

Ying Zheng started to eat vegetarian food and no longer ate meat and fish.

It can be considered an improvement.

However, his unruly personality and his unscrupulous words and deeds after breaking free from all constraints soon aroused dissatisfaction among his ministers.

Zhang Cang made several suggestions to stop Qin Shi Huang from practicing Taoism.

However, these words caused dissatisfaction among the old dignitaries in the court towards Zhang Cang.

Let alone Qin Shi Huang's desire for immortality, who doesn't want to be immortal and stay young forever? If you have a body that never ages and an eternal life span, then you can do whatever you want.

Ying Zheng simply had a stubborn nature that was hard to change, and he dared to practice Taoism openly regardless of what others said.

However, among the mansions of the aristocratic families, there are many people who want to practice Taoism and become immortals.

As for cultivating immortals, let’s not talk about whether there is such a thing as cultivating immortals. In human history, the source of civilization has always been the existence of gods. If you think about it carefully, it is actually reasonable for people to try their best to reach that higher-dimensional existence.

To this end, many predecessors have made great efforts in this regard.

These people who enjoy the best resources in the world have a lot of information about them in their hands. These Taoist magicians have always served them, helping them to get promoted and make money, to have a harmonious and peaceful family, and even more so, to prolong their life.

Zhang Cang's words were like the biting wind in winter and the thorns of fish bones, which pricked these old men and made them want to tear Zhang Cang into pieces.

After all, Zhang Cang is still young.

How could he understand the despair of aging, the fear of despair when the scythe of death marks a mark in front of his bed...

If Zhang Cang understood, with his impulsive and courageous personality, he would be even more extreme, more excessive, and more ostentatious than the old men in the Qin court today.

Because, he is Zhang Cang!
Qin Shi Huang's love of making trouble actually gave Lu Zhi the most natural firepower cover. While people in the palace were discussing the disputes among Qin Shi Huang, Zhang Cang, and the old ministers in the court about cultivating immortals, Lu Zhi quickly and secretly checked the informants in half of the harem and found out more than a dozen information intelligence leaders in the palace.

On the one hand, she had just become pregnant, and on the other hand, she had to deal with such intrigue. To be honest, Lu Zhi felt very tired.

But every time she saw the emperor who came to visit her with a look of fatigue on his face, she realized that all her efforts were nothing.

There is greater difference between people than between people and dogs.

When some women meet a man like Fusu, all they want is to maintain a face-to-face relationship with Fusu, that is, Fusu gives them something, such as love, power, money, status, and satisfaction.

But Lu Zhi was different. In her mind, Fusu and she were in a follower relationship. Fusu always walked towards his goal, and Lu Zhi chose to follow behind Fusu and move forward towards his goal.

Lu Zhi would not think of having a face-to-face relationship with Fusu, she didn't like that.

What kind of complementarity is this? How narrow-minded. It is limited to the relationship between a man and a woman, and with a man who is already in a relationship with multiple women at the same time.

She would never have such stupid fantasies as thinking that the emperor should love her or something like that.

Why can't women, like men, follow the powerful people they admire; why can't women, like warriors, follow the generals they admire and charge into battle with him?
There is no reason, only whether you dare or not, whether you want to or not.

Lu Zhi chose to do so.

This woman, who appears weak on the outside, is more rebellious at heart than any man.

The desire for power is hidden in the clear eyes.

Be a loving mother to one person or to millions of people in the world, this is what Lu Zhi considered.

Two flowers bloom, one branch each.

Everything went well for Lu Zhi, but Fusu was in trouble.

Ying Zheng let himself go, Zhang Cang did not let him down, and the ministers also argued for their own interests, but Fusu was in a dilemma.

For the sake of cultivating immortality, Ying Zheng had already lost his position as emperor.

Now Zhang Cang, this troublemaker, has gotten involved again, making matters worse and worse, causing uproar in the whole city of Xianyang. It seems that the time has come to stop this matter completely.

How to place Qin Shi Huang and how to deal with the cultivation of immortals and deification were topics that everyone liked to discuss during the Zhou and Qin dynasties. This was related to the construction of national consciousness and political forms, and would also affect the future development direction of the Qin people's recuperation and development.

If the so-called human Garden of Eden, the so-called ultimate form of civilization development is that everyone can become a god, a saint, or a Buddha, and everyone can transcend the self and the ego.

Can the public accept such an answer?
(End of this chapter)