My son, Fusu, please abdicate the first emperor!

Chapter 808 The faint king
Even if Fusu is gone, it will be difficult for the situation of the death of the leader and the collapse of the regime to occur in the future.

Even if the successors fail to implement it properly, with the technological foundation that Fusu has installed in the Qin Empire, and the ancient scientific knowledge left by the saints and predecessors that has not been tampered with, when the popularization of culture is accomplished, the people's wisdom can be enlightened.

Relying on these three magic weapons, not to mention building the Qin Empire into the most powerful country of this era, China will be leading the world in the next 500 years.

When Fusu was in power, he was able to see with his own eyes that the people under his rule were living a happy and joyful life.

China is a blessed land. What this place has the most is land. Since ancient times, as long as you are willing to work hard, you will never starve to death.

However, it is very difficult to pursue an ideal life state in which the vast majority of people remain happy and joyful, and everyone can satisfy the pursuit of higher spiritual realms.

Almost every ruler in every generation has been working towards this goal. They are so-called committed to making officials honest and fair. These things seem to be aimed at making people live a richer life, but in essence they are aimed at quelling the deep-seated resentment of the people and filling their hearts with hope.

Higher spiritual enjoyment and freedom are actually what humans, all higher intelligent creatures, and even higher life forms must pursue when they develop to a certain level.

But Fusu and his ministers were from completely two different worlds.

The ministers actually agreed with many of Fusu's practices, especially his choice to improve technology and develop military weapons to defend the country, rather than forcibly conscripting a large number of soldiers, but they were always on different levels of thinking.

However, only Fusu understood what this ecological and technological city meant.

This meant that Fusu was destined to be alone on this road of reform from beginning to end.

There was a huge gap between the ministers' understanding of Fusu and Fusu's understanding of the reform.

It is no exaggeration to say that this city, which is built in accordance with the combination of traditional Chinese culture and Western, postmodern physical science and industrial civilization concepts, will lead mankind to leap towards a higher civilization in the short term.

The difference in thinking led to differences between the ministers and Fusu.

Zhang Cang always felt that Fusu was just a young man, but he had a lot of complicated thoughts in his mind.

Yes, the emperor is very smart.

However, Zhang Cang would not blindly follow the common people and regard the emperor as a god; nor would he cover up the mistakes of Qin II just because he had made many achievements.

After witnessing with his own eyes how Qin Shi Huang became arrogant and conceited after achieving great achievements and eventually became an absolute tyrant, Zhang Cang was wary of Qin Er Shi himself.

He, more than anyone else, did not want Qin II to be proud, so as to avoid disasters in the future.

Moreover, Zhang Cang was a very careful person. He was worried that Qin II would seize the throne by forcing his father to abdicate. If he was unpopular one day in the future and was also tricked by the future crown prince, then...

So after Qin II excitedly proposed his own new strategy, Zhang Cang, this "old antique", questioned Qin II's proposal of an "ecological and technological city".

What the emperor did was not important. What was important was that he had tolerated the emperor for a long time.

Every day he either admired flowers and birds, or took a group of soldiers to visit the Imperial College or go hunting in the mountains.

When criticized by ministers, she never thought of reflecting on her own problems, but just went to the harem and concubines to complain about the ministers.

When faced with a difficult problem, he would pass the buck and put the blame on Chen Ping and the eunuchs. The emperor criticized the emperor emeritus for abusing his power, but he always cultivated his power in the name of the new policy and allowed factional struggles to prevail.

For this reason, Zhang Cang had always wanted to use the new policy to directly point out the problems in Qin II's work style.

Many of the problems faced by Qin II were exposed with the help of the new policies.

As the saying goes, "strike the snake at its most vulnerable part." In order to make the emperor aware of his problems and begin to correct his behavior, we must definitely put pressure on the emperor on this matter.

Otherwise, making a fuss about other things will not hurt the emperor and he will not listen to the advice.

Zhang Cang had also been following Fusu for a long time and knew Fusu's character very well.

To deal with the emperor, you have to use force, and Fusu won't fall for the soft tactics.

Fusu looked at Zhang Cang quietly, listing the many crimes Zhang Cang had committed against him.

Let us recall what Fusu and Zhang Cang did when they first fought.

At the beginning, Fusu had full confidence in Zhang Cang and believed that he would join his army.

But Zhang Cang despised Qin II as a little brat.

Later, Zhang Cang avoided Fusu every time he came to see him, and once he was caught by him and put on the chopping block.

To be honest, in the first few years of fighting wits and courage with Zhang Cang, Fusu had long since changed his initial mentality of wanting to win over a famous Han official in history to the mentality of "I must win you back, otherwise I will appear incompetent."

That's why there was such a ridiculous story between Zhang Cang and Qin II at the beginning.

There is no need to say what happened afterwards.

Apart from the trouble Zhang Cang caused to Fusu when he was brought to the battlefield, Zhang Cang was basically the only one who was very obedient to Fusu during the period when he was promoted to the fifth-rank official and transferred from Xianyang City to Linzi City.

Most of the time, Zhang Cang was basically a thorn in the side, always working against Fusu.

Under the pendant, Qin II was considering various ways of killing Zhang Cang.

Does it mean that the Qin Empire can no longer function normally without Zhang Cang?

All the ministers have always known that Qin II doted on Zhang Cang. Zhang Cang even scolded Qin II in person, but Qin II still let him continue to live.

To say that Qin II did not trust Zhang Cang is simply like saying that even a dog would not trust him.

All the ministers raised their heads to see what the monarch and his ministers were going to do today.

Basically everyone has gotten used to it.

Just watch how Qin II demonstrates his infinite tolerance and patience towards Zhang Cang.

But Fusu didn't think so today.

He had a premonition that Zhang Cang was coming for him today.

This was the day when he proposed building a technological ecological city. It was a day that should have been recorded in history. It was the beginning of a bright future for the empire.

However, Zhang Cang, a minister who had always been tolerated by him, behaved so radically and rebelliously.

Is he blind?

All the civil and military officials in the court are praising me, but he is trying to create a new reputation here, fearing that everyone doesn't know that there is a Grand Censor like him in the court of the Qin Dynasty.

Fusu knew that Zhang Cang was going to launch some kind of "attack" on him, and he had made certain psychological assumptions, just waiting for Zhang Cang to make his move.

He really had endured Zhang Cang for many, many years.

If nothing unexpected happens, Zhang Cang will have an accident today.

He lifted his hem, bowed, and then said it openly in front of everyone in the huge court.

"Your Majesty, I don't understand."

When all the civil and military officials in the court heard this, their hair stood on end.

They looked at Zhang Cang in astonishment.

"Is Censor Zhang crazy today?"

“He goes crazy every day.”

"But today I'm crazy."

Qin II was also sitting in his seat, stunned.

He didn't expect Zhang Cang to answer him like this.

The ministers murmured in the audience. 'How can he speak out his true feelings?'

"Does he want His Majesty to kill him?"

While Li Xin was in a daze, he seemed to hear the high-spirited emperor talking about some idea and asking his ministers to do it.

But then Zhang Cang stood up and argued.

Li Xin knew that he didn't understand politics at all, and couldn't beat those old guys who were rubbing two jade balls in their hands all day, but he also knew that he couldn't say such things. The dragon's reverse scale cannot be touched.

The emperor was obviously not an ordinary person. It was confirmed that he was a god who came to earth to deal with important matters.

You can tell by the fact that the emperor always brags but can never be proven wrong. He always comes up with something that no one has ever heard of, but he can make it.

This is certain.

Although they really couldn't understand what the emperor said, as a subject, why would you argue with the emperor?
Li Xin felt that Zhang Cang's courage was no less than his own when facing the enemy in battle.

The key point is that he is not afraid of death.

All the civil and military officials in the court were silent.

We can't see Qin II's expression clearly. The pendant is a very good invention, which directly helps save the trouble of practicing expression management.

At this moment, everyone felt that Zhang Cang must have completely pissed off the Emperor, and that the Emperor would definitely punish Qin II this time.

Zhou Qingchen also stared at Zhang Cang blankly, and asked quietly, "Did he get his head hit by the door before he went out today?"

When no one knows what to say.

Zhang Cang asked seriously, "Your Majesty, are you a human or a god?"

"Nonsense! Of course I am a human." Qin II's face was distorted.

Facing the fury of Qin II, Zhang Cang just smiled gently and said: "Since your majesty is a human being, you should pay attention to the words that a monarch should use."

"You must know that a ruler is a role model for the world."

"If a king is ambitious and speaks in a vague way, his subjects will drift away from him, and the people will be left far behind by him."

"The sages rule with ease. Your Majesty, as the Son of Heaven, should set an example, use your own virtues to set an example for the world, and care for the people with a respectful and humble attitude."

"Your Majesty should show due humility in front of your subjects."

"But we, the ministers, don't understand what your Majesty is talking about, so how can the people accept it?"

Fusu looked straight at Zhang Cang.

Every word he said was very logical, wasn't it?

Qin II, this is a logical weirdo.

He doesn't care about sentimentality.

If someone said they wanted to have a love affair with Qin II, well, Qin II would probably find it ridiculous.

There's nothing we can do about it, it's our ancestral genes.

The ministers lowered their heads one by one, and no one dared to speak.

This is not a good thing to say.

When everyone was silent, Xiao He stood up and spoke.

"Your Majesty, I think what Censor Zhang said makes sense."

The ministers raised their heads and looked at Xiao He.

Everyone's heart trembled violently.

The same went for Fusu. It felt like he was stabbed in the back by the two people closest to him.

He sat on the throne, not understanding what he had done wrong to allow the minister he valued and was proud of to openly criticize him.

Meng Tian looked at Xiao He with surprise.

He thought he had seen through Xiao He. Xiao He was timid and not worth any use.

But now, he felt that he was wrong.

Feng Quji stroked his beard and looked at the ground. He was not surprised at all by the farce in the court today. He didn't even blink.

Wang Wan calmly looked at Xiao He who stood up.

He was not surprised that Xiao He would stand up and support Zhang Cang's reckless behavior in this matter.

Xiao He has always been such a person.

It's just that he lacks the opportunity to express his inner thoughts.

Liao was happier. He looked at the rising generation of the Qin Empire, and this posture reminded him of the time when he first entered Qin.

Meng Yi was also shocked. Xiao He, this unyielding man, actually dared to risk angering the emperor and support Zhang Cang.

Li Xin, Zhao Tuo and other generals were confused. What happened today?

Zhang Cang felt ashamed that Xiao He stood up to support him. He had been a little jealous of Xiao He's appearance before. Why was he able to become a court judge right after he came out, while I had worked diligently for so long in the Qin Empire, but only got the position of Imperial Censor?

Every position I held was obtained with my own hands, but Xiao He got it entirely by luck and with the support of the emperor.

In fact, Xiao He had wanted to do this a long time ago.

Looking at the entire Qin court, Zhang Cang is the only one who dares to point out the mistakes of Qin II.

In fact, Xiao He had already sensed Fusu's changes.

When I first met Fusu, he was the Prince of Hengyang who treated me very politely and wanted me to help the Qin Empire.

The prince at that time was very humble and tolerant. He was very patient in order to invite him.

But as time passed, Fusu became a different person, or rather, his true nature was revealed.

In fact, Qin Ershi took the initiative to join the power struggle and started a power contest between father and son with Qin Shihuang.

At the beginning, the two men were making a big fuss in Xianyang City. In fact, Xiao He could see clearly who was attacking and who was tolerant and retreating.

It’s not that Xiao He had no feelings for Fusu, but when Fusu and Qin Shihuang were struggling for power, Xiao He saw some shortcomings in Qin Ershi.

But to be honest, no one in this world is perfect.

Although Qin Ershi had many shortcomings, compared with Qin Shihuang, Fusu still had the point that Xiao He admired most - he valued the vitality of the people.

"Your Majesty always says that the court became a one-man show during the reign of the retired emperor. But when Your Majesty ascended the throne, although you didn't say it, wasn't it also a one-man show during the reign of Qin II?"

"After your majesty cleaned up some important officials in the court, no one in the court dares to express a different opinion from your majesty anymore."

"In your Majesty's mind, Censor Zhang may be a thorn in your side, but people like Censor Zhang are true warriors and pillars of the country."

"Your Majesty said to the students in the Imperial College the other day that a thousand people saying yes is not as good as one person saying no. Isn't Censor Zhang a noble man?"

"Your Majesty personally encouraged his disciples to make remonstrations, but now that Imperial Censor Zhang has made a remonstrance, His Majesty is displeased."

"If Your Majesty punishes Censor Zhang, then Your Majesty yourself will be a tyrant."

Xiao He's words were like a heavy note, hitting everyone's heart.

For a moment, everyone stood in awe of Xiao He.

Meng Tian smiled in his heart, and it was obvious that today's court meeting had ended. Later, he would have to go and plead for mercy for certain people.

Qin II sat on the seat, and after a long silence, he finally said: "A thousand people's obedience is not as good as one person's outspokenness."

"Grand Censor Zhang Cang—you win."

After saying this, Qin II left his seat, holding his six-foot sword.

(End of this chapter)