My son, Fusu, please abdicate the first emperor!

Chapter 820 You Touched Me (——Tribute to Super Seminary)
Feng Jie also lowered his head. If nothing unexpected happened, an accident would happen today.

Sure enough, when the young emperor heard this, he felt a surge of anger and soon he started to have stomachaches.

However, facing these ministers, he could not show that he was angry.

Otherwise he loses.

The purpose of an argument is not to explain the truth, but to make the other person angry first.

Whoever gets angry first, or whoever lacks confidence and momentum first, will lose.

Fighting a war is fought with one breath, debating is fought with one breath, and the game between the emperor and his ministers in the court is also fought with one breath.

Knowing that these ministers would reveal their true colors and have evil intentions once they heard that they were asked to pay money, they deliberately said such shameless words in order to irritate the emperor.

The conflicts between the monarch and his ministers showed signs of breaking out as early as the beginning of his reign. Although the Second Emperor tried his best to deal with them and make big things small, he constantly disintegrated their strength and suppressed their influence.

All the results are favorable to Fusu, which also means that all the results are unfavorable to the ministers.

The Great Qin Empire was a butterfly that grew from the body of the old Qin State. The centralized system and the bureaucratic system developed to a relatively stable state almost at the same time, replacing the aristocratic politics. At the same time, the relationship between the monarch and his subjects transformed from the previous alliance of interests and blood ties to a cooperative relationship of interests between different families.

This relationship is not stable. In the past, the monarch and his subjects were equals, but now the monarch and his subjects are in a superior-subordinate relationship. In other words, the subjects are the monarch's thugs and a means for the monarch to achieve his own political goals.

The country is guided by the will of the rulers, and the people are the wheels. If the direction is wrong, the wheels will not move.

Therefore, under the centralized system, the king had to protect people's livelihood to the greatest extent possible.

Qin Shihuang, the man who created two thousand years of Chinese history, had a foresight that only became apparent two thousand years later. However, during this period, the conflicts between the monarch and his subjects, and between the emperor and the prime minister began to become increasingly magnified.

Because under the centralized system, the interests of the bureaucrats are no longer consistent with those of the emperor himself.

The ministers are thugs hired by the emperor. The emperor can dismiss his ministers at any time. The relationship between the emperor and his ministers has changed from allies to hired hands.

It is equivalent to changing from a collective capital company to a personal limited company.

As a company employee, you either rebel or get fired...

During the reign of Qin Shi Huang, the conflicts between him and his ministers were already great, but Qin Shi Huang was able to suppress them with his own methods.

Cultivating corrupt officials would certainly be of great benefit to the emperor himself. His private power has expanded to an unprecedented level. Which minister would dare to go against him?

This was no longer possible during the reign of Qin II. In order to save the Qin State and get rid of its old abuses, the class barriers between the nobles and the common people had to be broken. As vested interests, the old nobles and the new bureaucrats of Qin [relatively speaking, they were new bureaucrats, as in fact the Qin State's bureaucracy had a long history] were naturally dissatisfied with Qin II's behavior of harming the superiors and benefiting the inferiors.

Qin II himself cultivated private power, but was suppressed by the backbone forces he promoted.

Contradictions and conflicts can break out at any time.

Zong Zheng has been forced to the point of losing his face. He decided to just throw the jar into the ground. They have had enough of the trouble this year.

As soon as the new emperor came to power, he cut off their source of income. Now he wants them to give up the money. It is obvious that the emperor has gone crazy.

Zong Zheng and a group of ministers all looked at Qin II. They usually pretended to be sincere and well-behaved, but it was obvious that they were just pretending.

Real ministers are probably like Meng Tian and Xiao He, who naturally express their joy, anger, sorrow and happiness. Although Zhang Cang is a minister, he is not a normal minister.

Fusu had noticed on a daily basis that these ministers were pretending to be very respectful to him on the surface, so today they suddenly turned against him and went against him, with their eyes glaring at him, as if he had robbed them of their money. Fusu was not surprised.

But what you said is really infuriating.

Isn't this treating yourself like a fool?

Qin II forced himself to hold back and smiled as he looked at Zong Zheng and several ministers who agreed with him.

The hands under the sleeves were pinched so that the joints were bulging and the veins on the back of the hands were exposed.

The emperor smiled and said, "I have always known about the situation at Zongzheng's house. When I was a child, I went to Zongzheng's house and saw it. I will never forget the scenery."

"What I have seen, Zong Zheng sees every day; what I know, Zong Zheng also knows."

Zong Zheng's face darkened. "Since Your Majesty knows everything, why do you have to embarrass me? Your Majesty and I are relatives from the same clan."

The other ministers also nodded.

Zheng Guo broke out in a sweat. He felt that his skin was not thick enough yet, so he decided not to hold this position.

Wang Wan was also ashamed.

They could have paid less, so why would they cry poor directly to the emperor?

This... is simply shameless.

There is no need to talk about Wei Liao, he clenched his fist and then unclenched it, then clenched it again.

Everyone had a gloomy face, only the emperor forced a smile.

At this time, Meng Tian stood up and said, "I am willing to hand over one million yuan to solve the urgent needs of the empire at this time."

Meng Tian believed that since he was the general and it was he who applied for military funds from the emperor, he should take the lead in this matter.

As for whether other ministers hand it over or not, that is none of his business.

But in an instant, the other ministers looked at Meng Tian angrily, like wolves seeing a fat sheep escaping from under their noses, unable to eat it, so they gnashed their teeth in hatred.

It was as if they had seen how traitors among their own kind betrayed them in public, and each of them wished they could eat Meng Tian.

Those ministers who did not intend to pay the money were all very angry and filled with resentment.

However, after Meng Tian stood up, the emperor's anger subsided a lot.

It would be nice if someone could support him.

Fusu looked at Meng Tian with a pleasant expression.

Zheng Guo was sweating profusely, but he didn't dare to wipe it with his sleeves. He could only endure the sweat running down his back and then rolling down, wetting the back of his shirt.

The itching was unbearable, but he could only endure it. In addition to the itching on his skin, he was also worried about the future deep in his heart. The double torment from both inside and outside...

Xiao He also sweated a lot.

It turns out that he is not a very brave man. If it was Liu Ji facing such an occasion, perhaps it would be different.

After the emperor was attacked by his ministers for his proposal, he was trembling and couldn't say a word. He felt that he had failed in his duty as a minister.

He really wanted to stand up and scold this Zong Zheng, but he didn't have the courage, and he racked his brains but couldn't find any curse words.

Before Meng Tian came out, everyone in the Zhangtai Palace seemed to be locked in a dark room. It was not until Meng Tian spoke that a window was opened in the room. Suddenly, all the light entered the room through the window.

Those sitting in the shadows were dazzled by the light and could not open their eyes.

Xiao He looked at Meng Tian, ​​speechless for a moment.

As mentioned earlier, Xiao He was different from other officials in Pei County. He was very resistant to the State of Qin. This resistance was entirely due to the contradiction between his political ideals and those of the Qin Empire.

But many years after entering Xianyang City, he discovered that he had many misunderstandings about the Qin State. Similarly, the Qin people were not as hateful as he had imagined, and would not do anything for money and benefits.

After walking a long way and meeting many people, Xiao He realized that people are actually the same and every place is similar. This is probably because every place is inhabited by people of the same nature.

The Qin people, like the Chu people, hate liars, corrupt officials, and war. However, there are also peace-loving people among them. There are also gentle Qin women, while there are also those who are determined to defend their chastity.

Among the people of Chu, there were also some officials who were extremely greedy, lustful and money-making. The village heads and village heads of local towns were not bound by the law, and they did not pay as much attention to organization as the Qin officials did.

After a long period of digestion, Xiao He slowly let go of his grudges against the Qin State, slowly let go of the hatred for his country and family based on his personal standpoint, slowly began to have a good impression of the Qin State, and had a desire to benefit the world.

In the past, Xiao He never dared to imagine that he could govern the world.

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There was no way Xiao He was a pragmatic person. When he was in Pei County, he liked Liu Ji very much because Liu Ji did not follow the rules and was not bound by constraints. He had the confidence and heroism that he could never learn. But he hated Liu Ji because he loved to brag. He always said things like how he would be when he became rich, and how he would be a general in the future...

Xiao He always scoffed at this.

Moreover, Xiao He was both happy and afraid of Liu Ji's contempt for the powerful.

However, the environment shapes people.

Xiao He was raised in the court of the Qin Empire and given the position of Chief Justice. Before long, he turned into a loving cow, always thinking about providing milk to the people of the Qin Empire so that they could live a happy life.

Seeing Meng Tian stand up, Xiao He, the proposer, suddenly became more confident and encouraged.

To be honest, Xiao He actually felt a little inferior when he was in the Qin Dynasty.

He is a commoner in a foreign country.

He did not have the courage to despise the powerful like Liu Ji. He always had a sense of awe towards his colleagues and always felt that he was inferior to others.

Moreover, he doesn't understand politics very well and can only do things without thinking.

In the previous political confrontation between Qin Shi Huang and Qin Er Shi, he did not express his position in time or take any big action, which caused many ministers to dislike him.

This made Xiao He like a transparent person in the court and he basically spoke little.

He doesn't speak, and no one will agree with him.

Ministers of low status can often only change their attitude according to the situation, while ministers of high status all have noble families behind them, are powerful and are not afraid of wind and rain.

He had almost no strong support from his ministers.

Moreover, under such extreme circumstances, Xiao He slowly stood up with the support of Qin II and the righteousness of his peers, and he began to act like a real chief justice.

Xiao He replied, "I am willing to hand over all my savings."

"The most important affairs of the state are sacrifice and military affairs. To resist the attacks of the Hu people and to guard against the barbarians are major military and political affairs, and are the most important affairs of the state."

"Xiao He fully supports it."

As soon as these words were spoken, a slight slurping sound was heard in the hall.

The emperor looked at Xiao He with mixed feelings.

Even though Xiao He stood up, he was still far from being his ideal loyal minister.

There was no way. Not to mention that they had not experienced the hardships of the eight-year Chu-Han Contention, but Fusu brought them to Xianyang City before the establishment of the Qin Empire. This resulted in their capabilities being very weak, extremely weak.

But, it’s pretty good already.

To be honest, Fusu was actually somewhat moved by Xiao He.

Although he had always known that he was such a person, but when he understood the weaknesses deep in his character and realized that he was actually a person who would show fear in the face of power and wealth, and would feel inferior in front of wealthy families, Fusu still felt warm deep in his heart when he saw him stand up so openly today.

At least Xiao He proved to him that his trip to Pei County was not in vain. To be honest, during that trip to Pei County, Liu Ji, Lü Zhi, and Xiahou Ying were all free gifts.

Only Xiao He is the most important, but over the years, Xiahou Ying has been able to shine, while Xiao He is the only one who is in a position where he shouldn't be.

If the appointment of Xiao He as the Chief Justice was not an order from Qin Shihuang, Fusu didn't know whether Xiao He could still sit in this position if he was the only one in power.

Everyone looked at Xiao He, with admiration, surprise, disgust, suspicion, jealousy, and resentment.

Only Qin II looked at Xiao He with a kind and peaceful gaze, as if he was a little bird that had just hatched from its egg. Qin II's eyes were full of worry about Xiao He's future, and perhaps also worry about the future of the empire.

Because he knew very well that what would determine the future of the empire was not some lofty ideals, nor some grand design of rules and regulations, nor any superior productivity foundation, but the ministers before him, their choices, and their progress.

If Xiao He fails to grow, the Qin State will not be able to transform into the Qin State that Fusu wants, let alone create that ideal Garden of Eden.

This is not an exaggeration, because there is no second Xiao He in the entire court.

Feng Quji and Wang Wan both felt a tremor in their hearts.

Wei Liao looked at Xiao He with admiration. He always felt that this young man was capable of taking on big responsibilities, and now it seems that this is indeed true.

At least he managed to show his noble character at the right time.

Feng Quji straightened his sleeves. He wanted to stand up and speak. As the head of the first aristocratic family in this dynasty, and as the father of the empress, the father-in-law of the emperor, and the prime minister of the Qin Empire, he, Feng Quji, should have been the first to stand up, but these two people got there first.

Just as Feng Quji was sorting out his clothes, Wang Wan spoke before him, "I will give you 200,000 coins. This money is all from the land and houses that the emperor gave me. Except for the money that my family keeps, I am willing to sell the rest of my family property to help your majesty complete this great event."

Wang Wan was a man who was very kind to all the ministers present.

No matter what politics we talk about, it’s all about human relationships and social skills.

The Prime Minister on the left, Feng Quji, was his former subordinate. Zheng Guo, who was about to be killed, was invited to the throne. It was he who joined forces with other ministers to persuade the emperor to keep him. They did ideological work on him, and finally gave him the rank of Shangqing. Only then was the Zhengguo Canal repaired.

After the old Zongzheng died, it was Wang Wan who recommended the current Zongzheng.

Everyone has feelings for the old Prime Minister Wang Wan.

As they watched the old prime minister sell the rewards from the First Emperor to raise military funds, the anger on the faces of these ministers slowly disappeared one by one.

(End of this chapter)