My son, Fusu, please abdicate the first emperor!

Chapter 788 Foolish Old Man Moves Mountains
After experiencing Qin Shihuang's beatings and political maneuvers in the past, Feng Quji and his ministers have become more cautious and decide not to form cliques or factions, otherwise they will end up like Marquis Changxin, Marquis Wenxin, and Lord Changping.

Changping Jun was severely punished and forced into a desperate situation, even cutting off his ties with the Qin and Chu-line noble faction. In the end, he was made a vassal, which was essentially equivalent to starting over.

Xiong Qi was seriously injured by the alliance between Qin Shi Huang and Fu Su. He had no ability to resist Fu Su's conspiracy - the Enfeoffment Order.

Feng Quji was so smart, yet he was always trembling with fear.

When Qin II ascended the throne, although these ministers were still haunted by the shadow of Qin Shihuang's tyrannical and violent rule, they believed that power was a liquid.

Power becomes what you put it in.

When Qin Shihuang abdicated and Qin Ershi came to power, all the ministers of the Qin Empire welcomed the benevolent new Emperor Fusu. The container of power immediately changed, and they naturally thought about exploring the boundaries of this container of power.

The result is the same as today, every time they try to touch the boundary, they will be hit; every time they touch it, they will be hit.

Every time they were beaten back severely by Fusu, and those old faces no longer had any authority in front of Fusu.

After three consecutive offenses were fought back, these ministers were seen by outsiders as having no dignity at all in front of the young Emperor Qin II.

Such a situation is naturally the most beneficial to Fusu.

From then on, Feng Quji's remonstrances were of no avail. He felt that he had lost all face and authority as prime minister.

Compared to Wang Wan, who has always chosen to be the prime minister honestly and follow the arrangements, Feng Quji's prestige in the court has now dropped sharply.

As a prime minister, every action of Feng Quji affects his status and influence in the court.

The failure of the imperial prime minister's successive memorials for discussion precisely represented the emperor's power at its peak.

The powerful ministers and royal family members behind him also became the same as before in front of Qin II, being respectful to Fusu and cautious in front of outsiders.

How could it be so simple for the emperor of the Qin Empire to have his reputation spread throughout the world?

In short, after this incident, the bureaucratic system of the Qin Empire was sublimated again, or it could be said to be purified.

They no longer dared to form cliques, and Fusu's credibility among his ministers and officials reached an unprecedented level.

Whenever the emperor gave an order, his subjects were willing to obey it.

If you want to externalize and monetize something as invisible and intangible as power and let Fusu manipulate it, you have to rely on the practical things in daily life to reflect it.

The newly established Qin Empire was like waves on the coast, with always obstacles of one kind or another, but fortunately, the waves always moved forward.

After Qin Shihuang had the psychological comfort of Yao, he became much calmer.

He went from being at the top and having everything to suddenly falling from the altar and having nothing. His heart was filled with uneasiness.

Intermittently full of ambition and confidence, and persistently depressed and resentful.

It is autumn, the millet is ripe, and its full marrow is bent.

The more mature a person is, the more humble and restrained he should be.

The proud Emperor Qin Shi Huang was so ruthless and ruthless in levying heavy taxes, which showed that he still lacked a lot.

It just so happened that this time of confinement in the palace allowed him to reflect on many things.

Qin Shihuang, the founder of the empire, had too many ups and downs in his life, and fate was fully reflected in him.

For a person like him who lives so freely and unrestrainedly, even if his daily trivial routine is recorded, there will be a lot of people paying attention to and following him, not to mention that he has made some moves.

If he doesn't do anything, people will be busy finding out.

Fusu went to his house in person to reprimand him, but he felt sorry for him and sent his grandson to keep him company. After this combination of soft and hard tactics, Qin Shihuang has become much quieter recently.

Recently, the thing more outstanding than Qin Shihuang in Xianyang City is the Zodiac Car and the Mo Gate behind it.

The emperor persuaded several senior ministers from the royal family, which made true what Xiang Li Che boasted to the outside world.

Sometimes, the trouble caused by action is far more troublesome than inaction.

If those ministers did not react to the pressure and get angry, they would not openly write letters to oppose. If they did not oppose, the matter would not become a big deal, and if it did not become a big deal, the people would not know the detailed news of the court.

But some people were trying to cover up the truth. Their narrow-mindedness and self-righteous arrogance eventually prompted them to make things worse. Not only did they slap themselves in the face, but they also gave Qin II an opportunity to show his power and wisdom.

Let Fusu Tian show off.

But it is too late for them to regret now, because their reverse promotion has caused a craze for retro style to sweep across the Guanzhong territory of the Qin Empire.

A wave of "Mohism fever" swept across the Qin Empire.

People began to discuss extensively the spirit of Mozi from a hundred years ago, and to reflect on and attack the various drawbacks caused by only applying the Mohist organizational system and Mohist technology but abandoning the Mohist ideal of universal love and non-aggression.

The people began to rethink and redefine Shang Yang's reforms.

"Shang Jun is right."

"Shang Jun wanted to make use of the Mohists and mobilize the power of the masses to break the situation where doctors were not subject to punishment in the past."

"As a result, Shang Jun failed and was accused of such a big crime."

"This world is so absurd. It's all about the same trivial things. Someone wanted to overturn the dirty table, but he became a thief and a villain instead."

"Some people have committed so many evil things that people think they are a good person."

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The streets of Xianyang city are now filled with discussions about the reforms that Qin State carried out a hundred years ago.

There are always some people who think that the essence of Shang Yang's reforms was to exhaust and weaken the people. If you understand it this way, you are fooled.

You might as well change your way of thinking and think about why those who oppress you would want to help you become stronger and let you know the truth.

The opposite is the movement of Tao. The simplest behavioral logic analysis points directly to interests. Those classes that oppress themselves, the things they don’t allow you to touch or learn are the good things.

What they teach and tell you is evil is actually because they themselves are guilty and want to cover up something.

To be honest, even the abdication of Yao and Shun was fake. Is it surprising to discredit a dead person?

If Shang Yang's reform measures had helped the very powerful nobles and the weak people in Qin at that time, would he have been killed by so many nobles out of hatred?

In fact, Shang Yang's reform was intended to put a sword over the heads of all noble officials, making them live in fear at all times and be responsible for the power in their hands at all times.

"Enforce the law without sparing the powerful" and "Punishment shall be imposed on officials" were the most pleasant and pleasing words to the ears a hundred years ago.

But the fire that beat in his chest burned those nobles who abused their power for personal gain and misused laws to frame and oppress the common people.

Shang Yang's reforms involved the redistribution of interests. "Rewarding farming and warfare and implementing a system of military merit and titles" opened up a path for common people to enter the upper class, making the Qin State prosperous and increasingly powerful.

However, it broke the hereditary system of the aristocracy that had lasted for hundreds of years, and thus offended the aristocratic forces.

There were a total of 100 bowls of rice. In the past, the nobles had 99 bowls, and they would eat until they were full and die, but they would not give even one bowl to the common people.

Shang Yang couldn't stand it anymore, so he slapped the nobles a few times and distributed the food they couldn't eat to the common people. How could the nobles not bear a grudge against Shang Yang?
In order to fulfill his wish and implement his own ideas, the brave Shang Yang took control of the military and political power during the period when Qin Xiaogong was seriously ill, attempting a final struggle against human nature.

However, this led to the intensification of the power struggle within Qin.

Therefore, after the death of Duke Xiao of Qin, aristocratic forces such as Prince Qian fabricated charges and falsely accused him of treason.

King Huiwen of Qin ordered a manhunt, but the law was not abolished.

Shang Yang's reforms made him unprecedentedly popular among the people. He not only struck a blow to the powerful, but also threatened the position of King Huiwen of Qin.

So King Huiwen of Qin also wanted him to be killed.

When the power of the aristocracy was as solid as a thousand-year-old snow mountain, Shang Yang, this big fireball, melted the snow on the mountain at the cost of burning his own life.

But unfortunately, the oppression never disappeared. The mountain did not oppress the people when Shang Yang was alive; but later it continued to oppress the people severely.

It wasn't until two thousand years later that a cat stood up and once again stopped the mountain from crushing the people.

In fact, when the next king of Qin chose to kill Shang Yang, it announced the restoration of aristocratic power.

It's that simple.

In the power struggle, it’s either you die or I die.

Shang Yang died, and the nobles lived.

Since ancient times, when a person dies, his government ceases to exist. Shang Yang died, but the nobles lived on.

Did the people of Qin at that time expect the nobles to be kind-hearted and take out the extra bowls and distribute them to the people like Shang Yang did?

When Shang Yang was alive, the Qin State overthrew the mountain of aristocrats; after Shang Yang died, the mountain of aristocrats still oppressed them.

It's just that the snow mountain has melted. In the past, common people would freeze to death if they climbed up the mountain; now, if common people climb up the mountain, it will cost the death of a strong man in the family, the addition of a resentful woman in the family, and the loss of a father for the children in the family.

The fruits of Qin's growth through its military merit system were ultimately just the little that flowed out from between the common people's fingernails.

The small group of people at the top always occupy nine-tenths of the resources, while the people below share one-tenth.

In this filthy world, there is no end to evil.

And the poor hero, Shang Jun, a hero who fought against feudal oppression two thousand years ago, his ending makes all those who want to do this career discouraged.

Those who are high and mighty and abuse their power will not receive retribution, but those who rise up for the common people will end up being torn to pieces.

History clearly records Shang Yang's end.

It is hard to imagine what kind of mentality the historians at that time had when they recorded the ending of this hero.

Shang Yang was forced to the end of his life and he almost had to flee everywhere. It really wasn't worth it for a hero to end up like this.

Shang Yang fled to the border and wanted to stay in an inn. However, the owner of the inn did not know he was Shang Jun, and when he saw that he had no identification, he reported him to the authorities according to the law established by Shang Jun.

Because Shang Yang made it a law that allowing guests without proof to stay overnight would be a crime.

Later Shang Yang wanted to go to the State of Wei, but the State of Wei refused him entry because he had tricked and captured Prince Ang.

Later, after Shang Yang returned to Qin, he was forced to sneak back to his fiefdom Shangyu and mobilized the local soldiers to attack Zheng County.

King Huiwen of Qin sent troops to attack Shang Yang, but Shang Yang was defeated and killed in Tongdi.

His body was brought back to Xianyang, where it was torn to pieces and displayed to the public. King Huiwen of Qin also ordered the extermination of Shang Yang's entire family. Although Shang Yang was killed, the new law was not abolished.

In fact, history is very exciting, but what is even more exciting is what is expressed beyond the few sentences in the historical records.

Especially medieval and modern history, which has always been concise, with fewer words and bigger events.

There are no more than fifty words in history about Shang Yang's death.

But these fifty words are actually a lot.

Everything that historians wanted to say a hundred years ago has been said.

"The world is not worth it..."

Rather than simply reading a story, it is more meaningful to use your own logical thinking to complete the power struggles and ideological situations behind those one or two sentences.

Because no matter which period of history you see, history is always telling you.

It has not changed at all in these thousands of years.

The mountain is still the same mountain, and the people are still the same people.

However, the arrival of Fusu allowed the Qin Dynasty to change its engine. If the mountain that had been pressing down on the country for more than a thousand years was not moved now, given the Chinese spirit of Yugong moving the mountain, it would probably take another few thousand years to move it. I don't know how many people would have to suffer.

As for Fusu, he was determined to help the Chinese people "move mountains like a foolish old man".

Let this mountain be moved away faster!
During this period, most people on various continents in the world were still in the stage of exploring themselves.

The people of China have already had a clear understanding of themselves.

Man is one of the three elements along with heaven and earth. Man is born with the ability to communicate with ghosts and gods and connect heaven and earth.

People can do so many things.

So when Westerners are still pursuing the philosophical spirit of Socrates and Plato to understand the world, the Chinese are already living clearly.

The Qin State started a Mohist craze, but this was not just following the trend.

Rather, the people have spontaneously realized that they have been treated unfairly in many ways in society.

Because someone bullies them, they want to seek justice.

Because there is a huge mountain called class pressing on them, they try their best to move the mountain away.

According to experience, if the mountain cannot be moved, the people will probably think of blowing it up.

No one wants their grandparents and grandchildren to serve the descendants of other families for generations.

At the same time, a debate between Confucianism and Mohism was also unfolding in the court.

Confucianism advocates class, which coincides with the hierarchical class society based on military merit and nobility that the Qin Empire had established over the past hundred years.

The Mohist school advocated universal love and non-aggression, which was what the people in Guanzhong urgently wanted.

"Your Majesty once publicly said that he had decided to use the Mohist school of thought as the ideology for governing the country. I did not refute it at that time because the world is now unified, and Mohism and Confucianism are both the two most prominent schools of thought in the world."

"Confucianism advocates etiquette, respect for hierarchy, and distinction between men and women. This set of rules coincides with the military merit system of our Qin Dynasty. Unfortunately, the Confucian system of governing the world with benevolence and righteousness is too absurd."

"One hundred years ago, the Mohist school split into three, and Xiangli entered Qin. Our Qin State absorbed the Mohist school's organizational system and combined it with Shang Yang's reforms, which led to our present state."

"So for us Qin people, Mohism is not unfamiliar. Since Xiangli entered Qin, every household in the old Qin country has known Mozi."

"In the minds of the Qin people, Mozi was once a figure who could stand shoulder to shoulder with the ruler of Qin."

(End of this chapter)