My son, Fusu, please abdicate the first emperor!

Chapter 791: A sword lasts forever.

Qin Shihuang's original intention through a series of frequent and detailed policies was to mobilize the people, make them obey his orders, and unleash their collective power.

However, the frequency and level of Qin Shihuang's decrees far exceeded what the people could accept.

Thus, the people with thoughts and feelings were like the soldiers with thoughts and feelings. The soldiers were rebellious against their generals and unwilling to obey orders;

The people were also disappointed with their king and would try to escape his orders if possible, or just deal with them if they couldn't.

As for respecting the master of the Qin Empire from the bottom of one's heart, that is even more impossible.

In the early period of Qin Shihuang's reign, he abused the people's power and issued frequent decrees, which led to the complete collapse of the grassroots order of the Qin Empire, and the situation was even worse than when the seven rulers coexisted.

In this situation, if someone attacks Daqin, it would be a disaster.

If the ruler does not know that he has the people, how can the people know that they have the ruler?
Therefore, after experiencing frequent transfers and seeing countless officials abusing their power and showing off their power, the people were already extremely tired and exhausted, so it was a good policy for Qin II to resign.

Wuwei is the word that people like to hear most.

Qin Shi Huang wanted so badly to accomplish something great, and the customs of the Qin people were so keen on striving for progress and pursuing material benefits.

But the result was that the Qin people started to open up the school of reading among themselves, and then this trend of opening up the school of reading spread to the entire Qin Empire.

Tired from above and tired from below.

As soon as Qin Ershi said that everyone should stop working so hard, the people naturally welcomed his ascension with joy. Everyone knew that there was something fishy about Qin Ershi's ascension to the throne, but no one said anything.

If the king governs by doing nothing, then his subjects will have no chance to add fuel to the fire in his decrees, and naturally they will have no chance to extort and exploit the people's wealth.

The people do not need to obey orders. When they are in a good mood, no one is deliberately bullying them, and they have enough time, they will spontaneously carry out educational work and think about doing something.

In this way, the people will be safe, the ruler will be stable, and the world will be well governed.

It was such a simple matter, but it became complicated in the hands of Qin Shihuang. After taking over Hetao, he built the Great Wall, and then he fought against the Huns. He also fought against the Chu State and Nanyue. After pacifying Nanyue, he dug the Lingqu Canal. He was not satisfied with building the imperial mausoleum, and he traveled east to the sea to seek elixirs.

During this period, the generals and officials of Qin were extremely happy.

If it weren't for Qin Shi Huang, they wouldn't have had so many opportunities to levy heavy taxes and extort money, and they wouldn't have had so many opportunities to prove their superior status.

As time went on, the high-ranking officials under Qin Shihuang naturally liked and respected him very much.

But when Fusu came to power, they had made psychological assumptions in advance. They knew that if they wanted to live their ideal life, they would have to pay some price.

They knew that Qin Ershi was a very special person. Compared with his father, his life had been legendary since childhood and he was like a hero.

But they didn't expect that the beginning would make them so uncomfortable.

They could no longer find the feeling of being an official, and the common people's every move and gesture changed completely when facing these officials.

These subtle changes in the grassroots masses triggered a series of chain reactions, which eventually brought certain shocks or harm to the officials of the Qin Empire.

In the past, the people had completely lost confidence in this country, knowing that when they complained to certain officials for inaction, the matter would be trivialized, or even ignored, and the complainants would be beaten up instead.

There are so many such injustices that people no longer believe that reporting them is useful.

In history, when Xiao He faced the imperial censor who came to inspect the court, his attitude was probably not only the attitude of the people of Pei County, but also the attitude of millions of people in the world.

When supervisory officials collude with corrupt elements, the result is that all those who think of reporting them will suffer.

There are always officials coming out to explain that the current level of public participation and construction is not high, which is pure bullshit.

It was obvious that the officials just ignored the opinions of the people. Not to mention that some officials with bad attitudes retaliated against the people when they saw them sneer at them.

It's obviously useless to report it, and I was instead inexplicably charged with some crime.

This fucked up world urgently needs someone to govern and teach these lawless, power-abusing guys a lesson.

Therefore, when Qin II appeared, those corrupt officials were firstly afraid, and secondly, because of Qin II's policies, they had no idea where to start.

People’s hearts are fickle.

During the reign of Qin Shi Huang, those who had been awarded military titles were angry. They worked themselves to death every day, but received less and less in exchange for their military titles.

After overthrowing Qin Shi Huang, the next emperor to come was Qin Er Shi.

As a result, the people under Qin II didn't want to work anymore after working for a few days.

The high salary is nothing but water and insignificant to them.

As a result, when Qin II came to power, even policies were not allowed to be issued arbitrarily.

One word, absolutely!

These ministers have lost their last chance to seize power.

So the officials began to pass the pressure up from the bottom up, layer by layer, and finally it was passed to the three dukes and nine ministers and the court elders, and then there was pressure.

Once the people start to stand up, the officials will be scared to death!

Well, now, the people have stood up, haven't they?

Once the people stand up, Qin II will have supporters.

Before Qin II came to power, he directly killed a greedy, selfish, and power-abusing treacherous minister, Zhao Gao. Many people thought that the matter was over with the execution of Zhao Gao, but it was not that simple.

The prince is a person whose every move will have an impact on the whole country. Killing a treacherous minister in public is of an extraordinary nature. As for the impact, it is so huge that it can be written in tens of thousands of words.

In short, this incident not only directly affected Fusu's succession to the throne, laying the foundation of public opinion and the hearts of the soldiers, but also would affect the evaluation of Fusu by historians after his death.

Even a thousand years after Fusu's death, this incident will become a story that everyone will talk about!
Because in history, there have been, there are now, and there will be countless treacherous ministers surrounding the king.

A treacherous minister is like a poisonous snake, always ready to use the king's hand to bring disaster to the court and poison the people.

But in the history of the past, the history of today, and the history of the future, there may be and only one prince like Fusu who successfully did what everyone wanted to do - get rid of the treacherous and uphold justice.

The impact of this event on history will last for at least a thousand years.

I would like to ask, after Fusu, is there any emperor who dares not to be vigilant about the education of the crown prince? Is there any emperor who dares to grant the crown prince too much power?
In order to achieve the same goal of making people submit, Qin Shihuang issued tens of thousands of decrees, but all of them backfired.

On the contrary, Fusu only did some things once, but the effects would be remembered for thousands of years.

Later, a historian commented: The sword that Fusu used to kill Zhao Gao was a sword that would last forever, and the power of each sword would last forever...

Fusu killed two of Qin Shihuang's top leaders in one go, a eunuch Zhao Gao and a prime minister Li Si, and then forced a powerful official Yao Jia to death in the court.

Not to mention that the whole court was trembling with fear for Qin II, this cruelty made the people feel that the current Qin II was not someone to be trifled with. And this was also the reason why Fusu was supported by his subjects from the bottom of their hearts. His resolute attitude towards treacherous villains gave the people hope.

It was such a person who sat on the throne of emperor, giving the people confidence and making them believe that there are still people in this world who support them.

Therefore, they did not dare to sue in the past. Unless they were forced to do so, they basically just swallowed their anger collectively.

But now it’s different. The people have stood up and the old nobles have begun to be wary.

Historically, the rise of the common people was accompanied by the Chen Sheng and Wu Guang uprising, but such a major historical task would not have been completed with Fusu's succession to the throne.

Therefore, we should build Mo Pavilion, lead the people to awaken, end the aristocratic politics of the last millennium in a more gentle way, and usher in the next era of people's self-government.

Never forget that Fusu is a normal time traveler. His purpose of traveling through time is not to inherit or continue sin, but to build the world in the minds of great men.

The world belongs to everyone in the world, and the emperor is just an official chosen by God to exercise power on behalf of the people of the world.

During the reign of Qin Shihuang, there were only one old father-in-law left among the several bigwigs in the court. The people of the world saw that Qin Ershi was so determined and incompatible with the treacherous and corrupt officials, so they naturally gained confidence.

It was the power of this faith and confidence that made the people of the Qin Dynasty feel that they would no longer be bullied and humiliated and that they could stand up and gain the confidence.

This naturally made the court officials look at him differently, and they naturally felt dangerous.

As a result, officials felt a sense of threat from the bottom up.

Power comes from the bottom up, but this is the first thing some senior officials forget.

In this sense, the start that Fusu created for the Qin Empire could extend the Qin Empire's destiny for at least a hundred years.

Because this is just the beginning. Fusu has only managed to make the people trust the government again, but he already has such great power that he can make the government feel oppressed from the bottom up. It is hard to believe what the officials will become if he continues to rule in the future.

So every time at this moment, Fusu would miss the great man.

Fusu was born too late in modern times. Although he often read books to understand people's feelings towards cats in that era, it was different if he had not experienced it personally. When he personally felt the atmosphere in which the people stood up, the officials themselves were deeply threatened and trembling, and they automatically restrained their power and dared not act recklessly, at that moment, he once again confirmed that the cat's proposition was correct.

As long as you stand in a high position and are still willing to see yourself as being on the same front as those who stand in the lower position, then do what you should do for the people, and the people will regard you as their spiritual belief.

Not to mention respecting you as an emperor from the bottom of their hearts, they can even worship you as a god.

If the Qin Empire is to prolong its life, it must find ways to ensure the long-term implementation of policies that benefit the people, enlighten their wisdom, and allow them to stand up, and truly supervise power.

If Fusu could have managed to stay in power for thirty years, the future Qin Empire would have been able to last for three hundred years just by enjoying its remaining power.

If we can train qualified successors on the basis of a good start in governing, the power will be great. If the Qin Empire can continue for another 500 years, it means that the ancestors have great virtues.

However, Fusu achieved his goal.

The problem now is that the living space and even the freedom of those in power have been drastically reduced.

A clean and honest government also requires sacrificing the vested interests of some people.

This was just the beginning. Fusu only ordered inaction. A year passed, and autumn ended. Those officials could no longer bear the days of "clear soup and water", as well as the increasing sense of oppression from the people from the bottom up.

In the past, everyone wanted to climb up the social ladder, but who would have thought that Qin II would suddenly appear? After his appearance, the people no longer felt that those nobles were scary. They were even reluctant to show some superficial respect to the "fake nobles".

Under such circumstances, Fusu faced a new round of pressure from his ministers.

As I said, there is a huge boomerang in this world - karma.

No one can escape.

The people kept refutating, and the officials were trembling with fear. They could only pass the pressure to the powerful people at the top, and the powerful people naturally passed the pressure to the emperor.

If they fail once, twice, or three times, then the situation will be hopeless for these powerful people.

However, judging from their current situation, there will be another major attack in the next three to five years.

However, Fusu was not afraid of this at all because he grasped the main contradiction - as long as he stood with the people, there would basically be no problems.

But if officials want to achieve their goals, they will need some gloves.

The Censorate has always been a place where powerful officials can show off their abilities. Now that Qin II has just ascended the throne and is acting so strong, the imperial power is not willing to penetrate downwards or be taken by others.

The ministers did not want to find it more difficult to move forward in the future, as if that happened, they would face the danger of having their crowns and belts taken off at any time.

The struggle for political power often affects countless families.

In history, if a large family is unwilling to submit and lick the new ruler, it will basically become a victim in the process of dynasty change.

In the face of the trend of the times, human power is very weak, and the rise and fall of a family is nothing more than a microcosm of the previous dynasty.

When the country is strong, the family prospers; when the family declines, the country is ruined.

The noble families, trembling with fear, had no choice but to launch a final counterattack.

So they set their sights on the Censorate, which was currently the only institution that could effectively restrict the emperor's power.

In order not to kill all of them, Qin II spared Zhou Qingchen, the big termite, and let Yao Guang inherit Yao Jia's title.

It was originally a matter of celebration for both loyal and treacherous ministers, after all, Fusu had always been fair and had a backup plan.

But this guy Zhou Qingchen is different this time.

In the past he was just a thug of Yao Jia, but now he has a lot of noble families standing behind him.

From that moment on, his future was no longer limited to that of a doctor. He was soon introduced into the Censorate, and then he had broader political prospects.

Zhou Qingchen acted like a big shot and brought the imperial censors to flatter Chen Ping.

Chen Ping remained calm, his mind as clear as a mirror.

When Zhou Qingchen and others slowly came over, Chen Ping stared at Zhou Qingchen for a long time, unable to recover from his shock.

To be honest, he thought the power struggle was over, but the appearance of Zhou Qingchen made Chen Ping feel that there would be countless changes in the future, and he still had to be careful.

Trembling with fear and treading on thin ice, the young Chen Ping finally understood the feelings of those powerful prime ministers and finally understood why they always had the same expression.

At this time, several fat leeches flew up from the side of the corridor.

Zhou Qingchen couldn't help but sigh, "These leeches are really endless to kill!"

(End of this chapter)