My son, Fusu, please abdicate the first emperor!

Chapter 813: This trick again

It is said that ever since Zhang Cang shot himself in the foot by insisting on openly accepting advice, Qin II looked extremely unhappy. He was so angry that Qin II threw his sleeves and left the court. All the officials and ministers in the court were dancing with joy, and even the food tasted much better than usual.

After all, Zhang Cang's mouth never got away from anyone, and he had offended a lot of people.

After all, he is a powerful doctor, and he travels back and forth between three departments to handle various affairs.

It should be noted that most of those assignments were originally intended to benefit the high-ranking officials and the powerful people who had retired behind the scenes. Officials in the past were very sensible. First of all, they had to take some for themselves, so that it would be convenient for the officials, generals, and ministers above them to take some, and then they could let the princes and sons of the royal family take more.

However, once Zhang Cang took this position and received these errands and tasks, he did not take any money at all.

After a long time, everyone naturally excluded him.

But the situation is much better now, because more and more people are accompanying Zhang Cang, led by the Chief Justice and the Meng brothers.

Seeing the changing atmosphere in the court, those dignitaries felt that it would be increasingly difficult to make money and gain benefits in the future, so they naturally began to gather together and formed a certain camp.

Of course, this camp has not done anything so far.

Because there is the Feng family above them, and the prominent Meng family. In addition, there are the common people who have been newly promoted to marquisates in large numbers like raindrops, and the rising scholar class from the bottom of the society. Their power in the court is growing, and it has reached a point that cannot be underestimated.

Although they are not large in size, their family does not have such deep roots, and there are not so many talents within the family, but they win in numbers and are now widely spread across counties and prefectures.

Qin II's ideas and practices did influence a large number of people, especially the common people, who increasingly admired Qin II and were very disgusted with war.

Apart from that, there are the people.

To be honest, before Fusu took off their hats and abolished the commoner titles, the common people had already begun to show a trend of rising up, and the nobles' immoral and deviant behavior was a long time ago.

However, a considerable number of common people are able to uphold their own conscience in this river that cannot flow backwards.

Those who are virtuous will surely be rich and noble. This is the law of the universe.

So as the times changed, when the nobles lost their morals and behavior, this group of people slowly rose from the bottom.

Those who rose first gave other common people stronger confidence.

In fact, the common people of the six countries had long seen what the king of Qin was doing, and also what their own kings were doing.

The kings of Qin were digging up their own roots, excluding and attacking corrupt, incompetent and immoral nobles, giving the common people the opportunity to replace the corrupt nobles.

The kings of the six countries were also digging their own roots. Their kings chose to get close to their relatives, uncles, and relatives, and regarded the suffering of the people as an inevitable choice.

Both sides are digging for the root, the only difference is who is the beneficiary.

The beneficiaries are the people and the country is strong.

The beneficiaries are the king and the forces behind the king, and the country will become top-heavy and will inevitably fall to the ground.

The people had sharp eyes. After seeing that the Qin State not only rose but also unified the world, and after seeing what Qin II did, their hearts became more and more restrained.

The common people have already seen that there is no difference between themselves and the nobles, especially when they see that the nobles' morals are so low, they have begun to want to replace them.

If the people who offer sacrifices to the ancestral temple are dirty themselves, how can they be qualified to hold the power to offer sacrifices to the ancestral temple?

What qualifications do they have to use the power of ancestral temple sacrifices to wantonly seize and devour the people's labor income?

Especially after Fusu changed their titles to common people, the common people felt that the dirty thing defined by the nobles on them that had oppressed them for hundreds of years had been overturned.

Qin II almost used the method of promulgating laws to eliminate the so-called inferiority of the common people.

During the Zhou Dynasty, slaves had already begun to disappear from Chinese territory. When the Qin Empire was established, the common people began to stand up again. In other words, they themselves were eliminating the boundaries between nobles and common people.

An era of chaos, disorder, but full of ideals, hopes and aspirations also began.

These groups of people have become more and more powerful in society in recent days. The court has guides for the people, who work hard to return the taxes collected from them to them, and the people themselves have experienced that chaotic era and have begun to become more courageous and no longer keep their heads down.

The people realized that the initiative was actually in their own hands. If anyone did not allow them to live well, the people would make those people die well.

Zhang Cang originally came from a poor family, but through his hard work and some luck, he eventually became a famous figure in the court.

Moreover, after he became rich and powerful, he was able to stick to his original intention and help the people. Naturally, the people respected him very much.

When they heard the emperor say he wanted to kill Zhang Cang, they called him a tyrant; when they heard the emperor say he would not kill Zhang Cang, they thought the emperor was a good person.

Zhang Cang became famous in the Qin Empire, but the three dukes and nine ministers were becoming more and more annoyed with him.

Because people were becoming more and more favorable towards Zhang Cang and their voices were getting louder and louder, the dignitaries wanted to kill him but did not dare to do so.

With the emperor above them and the people below them, it was difficult for them to take action.

So when Zhang Cang committed suicide and made the emperor furious, those dignitaries were celebrating with joy.

Because they have never seen a fool like Zhang Cang in the world.

In the end, it was all in vain, and the dignitaries who had retired behind the scenes were so angry that their faces turned pale.

Clearly, Zhang Cang did nothing and said nothing, but these dignitaries, princes and nobles felt as if they were being made fun of.

After Qin II handled the matter in this way, all the dukes and ministers in the court were furious.

That's right, they felt that Qin II was making fun of them and was using Zhang Cang to tease these ministers.

They felt more and more that Qin II was cold-blooded and heartless, and had no regard for family affection at all; of course, they also felt that Qin II was unfathomable, cunning by nature, and full of tricks.

Who could have thought that he would react so quickly. Facing such provocation from his ministers, he could actually hold it back and use the opportunity to watch the reactions of the court officials.

Those ministers who had submitted memorials to Emperor Qin II were now ashamed.

Who could have thought that Zhang Cang could survive under such circumstances.

He simply took all the good things in the world.

Of course, in addition to being dissatisfied with the fact that Zhang Cang had survived, the ministers were collectively "tricked" by Qin II this time, and they no longer had any good feelings towards Qin II.

"Father, this Majesty is really a rebellious person."

Feng Jie sighed.

When Qin II came to power, he gave everyone a warning.

This show of force was mainly aimed at the Feng family's face, as it was originally intended to confer the title on Prince Yao.

Now, Qin II scored a second goal and played the same trick again, making all the ministers in the court lose face.

"He is telling everyone in the court that he is definitely not a stupid emperor. The drama these two days seems to be all about Zhang Cang, but in fact, the emperor is playing a trick on all his ministers."

"You can think of it as him doing his experiment."

Feng Jie scratched his head, "Experiment?"

Feng Quji is now also a fashionable person. He is always the first to absorb the concepts and definitions proposed by Qin II. Although he is old, he is an advanced figure comparable to Fusu in the Qin Empire.

"The so-called experiment is a test. The emperor probably wants to test the reaction of his ministers."

After hearing this, Feng Jie immediately showed great respect to Emperor Qin II. "Your Majesty almost lost his temper in the court that day. It turns out he was just testing us."

"This boy is very scheming. From the moment he spread the rumor that he liked my daughter, I knew he was quite scheming. I didn't expect that he could make such an arrangement and deployment in such a short time."

After hearing this, Feng Jie admired Qin II even more. "This shows that His Majesty is very broad-minded. Facing such sarcasm and insults, he was able to not get angry from the bottom of his heart, and he was even able to test who is loyal and who is treacherous."

Feng Quji stroked his beard and said, "I used to underestimate this guy. I always thought he was a petty person. Now it seems that I was judging him by my own standards."

Feng Quji and his son had great admiration for Fusu.

After seeing the outcome, Meng Tian was in awe of the queen. He also discovered that the more adversity Qin II faced, the more powerful he could be. How should I put it? He now began to like Fusu's rebellious spirit.

Fusu had no idea that he was just casually taking out a piece of paper to "wipe his butt", but these ministers thought he was unfathomable.

Fusu doesn't have the energy to play this kind of tricks with his ministers every day.

But this ending is also good.

If the ministers had not felt ashamed, he would not have sought out those treacherous ministers who usually hid in the court and assisted the evildoers.

Fusu didn't expect that there were so many treacherous ministers.

In this way, these people had something on Fusu's hands, or in other words, the power of certain groups was exposed.

"This Zhang Cang always brings me some surprises. I guess the next time I want to execute someone, these ministers will not rush to make a petition to interfere."

Zhang Cang was saved, and while the gentlemen were celebrating, those villains who had suggested killing Fusu began to feel danger.

They hurriedly told the emperor that they had misunderstood the emperor's intentions for the time being because Zhang Cang had offended the emperor's dignity.

Fusu just smiled at these ministers.

"It's just a small matter. Don't worry about it."

Fusu waved his sleeves and lightly passed over the matter. He didn't intend to care about it anymore.

Fusu really didn't want to deal with those dirty things and politics every day, and deal with the dark side of human nature every day. After a long time, Fusu got tired of it.

But the darkness of politics often leaves people at a loss.

However, this incident made him particularly curious about the two people.

One is Meng Tian and the other is Lin Yannian.

There is already something to say about the first sentence of Lin Yannian's biography of being a minister. All his disciples in the room advised the second emperor, but he was the only one who openly wrote a letter to plead for mercy for the censor Zhang Cang.

Great people will show extraordinary qualities from an early age.

Moreover, his upright character and courage to speak out against criticism made him a perfect candidate to be an imperial censor.

Lin Yannian is indeed a good candidate.

But it is highly politically dangerous. Without his father's protection, should I involve him in the court again?
Many times, human power is limited. Even if you are an emperor, you cannot stop your loved ones from leaving.

Fusu was wondering whether he should let this child be just an ordinary person.

Recently, whenever Fusu thought of Lin Yannian's face, he would fall into deep thought.

In addition to Lin Yannian who caused the emperor trouble, the other person who made a report in an unconventional way this time was Meng Tian.

Fusu always felt that Meng Tian's advice this time was inconsistent with his usual behavior.

"I always feel that this great general seems to have received guidance from some expert. What do you think?"

The emperor was so smart, how could he not realize that Meng Tian was doing the opposite.

The eunuchs looked at the emperor in confusion.

After all that they had experienced, they felt that the new emperor's thoughts were too difficult to guess.

Who knows if the emperor asked this deliberately to exonerate Meng Tian? Who would believe such a reason?

The emperor could not get the answer from his ministers, so he told his doubts to the empress.

Feng Wanwan smiled and treated Fusu as her own child, letting him lie in her arms.

She smiled and said, "If your majesty thinks that General Meng did this on purpose to protect Censor Zhang, it means that in your majesty's mind, the general is loyal and reliable."

"Since the king and his subjects have such a tacit understanding, why bother to care about who is behind the scenes?"

"The more you check, the more unhappy you will be."

Feng Wanwan looked at Fusu tenderly and smiled.

Meng Tian was a general with a large army under his command, so Fusu naturally cared about his every move.

Compared with the two generals Liu Ji and Ji Bu who had very shallow roots, Fusu always felt helpless about Meng Tian as he had no one else he could trust except him.

The Queen smiled gently and repeated her words, "Your Majesty always wants to think about things. Some things would not happen if you keep thinking about them. I am afraid that they will happen."

"When water is too clear, there will be no fish; when a man is too careful, there will be no followers."

After listening to the queen's consolation, Fusu finally gave up pursuing the matter.

Fusu looked at the queen, who had given birth to two cubs but was still young, beautiful, elegant and generous, and couldn't help but praise her, "The queen is still so considerate."

Feng Wanwan smiled sweetly.

"Your Majesty, it's rare for you to come to the harem. Now that you are here, forget about the events of the previous dynasty."

Feng Wanwan took the initiative to lean into the emperor's arms.

Fusu looked at the pair of autumn water eyes and said with a smile, "The queen has already given me two sons, please give me a legitimate princess."

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Gongzi Shen, who was still in the cradle, sat in the cradle, leaning against the curb quietly. His two big round black eyes stared at the scene in front of him motionlessly. The toy in his hand fell down at some point, and no one knew it.

(End of this chapter)