My son, Fusu, please abdicate the first emperor!

Chapter 826: Lü Zhi Returns Power
As the saying goes, what goes up means what goes down. What goes down means what goes up.

During the New Year, the emperor wrote a love letter to his wife praising him, and his subjects began to follow suit.

So, at the beginning of the third year of the Second Emperor, a new trend was blowing everywhere in the Great Qin Empire, from the interior to the vassal states. Men began to pay attention to their wives who worked hard and took on housework at home.

In the past, people were promoting the love between young men and women, talking about the prime of life and the party of the children, but there was no love between middle-aged people.

It seems that the Chinese have never had middle age since ancient times.

Why is it that after a man and a woman get married, they can stay together despite all the hardships they have gone through, and not betray each other for more than 20 years? Why is this ordinary way of getting along not praised?
Once the era of disregarding human life is over, people will focus on how to maintain their lives more secure and make their lives more meaningful.

It is also because the war is over that people have the time and energy to pay attention to people and things that they usually don’t care about or have the time to care about.

During this year, scholars all over the country and farmers in the countryside wrote poems and essays to praise their wives.

Women, on the other hand, attach more importance to those empty things.

Praising her may not necessarily make her life get better quickly, but at least it can let them know that their efforts over the years are visible to others, and it can make this suffocated group stand up bravely in this oppressive era two thousand years ago. It can let them know that their lives are still meaningful and that someone recognizes their efforts.

It goes without saying that men who truly cherish their "comrades-in-arms" who accompany them and share the burden of life with them will also know how to treat their wives.

When the ministers saw that the emperor and the empress had a good relationship, they would naturally form their own judgment of the emperor.

As an emperor, the holder of supreme power, such a person should take the lead in respecting his wife. Even if the people below are bad, it is absolutely within the rules and regulations and within the scope of ethics.

Whatever the boss does, the people below him will follow suit.

If the boss is not pragmatic, talks big all day long and does nothing serious, the people under him will definitely be the same.

People are like this, similar people will naturally gather together and slowly form a whole.

It is said that Zhao Kuo was only good at talking about military affairs on paper in the Battle of Changping. I am afraid that in the military camp at that time, only people like Zhao Kuo were popular. The whole army had the same atmosphere. Everyone liked to express noble speeches and brilliant insights.

And if Qin attacks such a country, it will be able to do it easily.

But when the emperor took the lead in praising his wives, the men who respected their wives were praised and respected within the empire.

For a time, the passionate men began to follow suit. The emperor wrote books for his wife, and they also wrote books for their wives.

This year, there were many cases of men carving their love confessions on washboards, clay pots, and bamboo mats.

Those third parties, regardless of gender, now have nowhere to hide.

Because from this information they can judge that times have changed, and people like them are unpopular and cannot be in the public eye.

In this era, everyone values ​​the first wife and those who make silent contributions.

The power of role models is infinite, and the exemplary leadership role played by a politician is unimaginable.

Its influence is like the power of mountains and seas; once the wind starts to blow and clouds surge, the whole world responds, like a thousand horses galloping.

Obviously, based on actual feedback, Fusu's move was indeed correct.

After giving the Queen enough face, she was naturally more willing to give to Fusu.

The discipline in the harem naturally improved. The emperor and the empress lived in harmony, and the empress's position was unshakable. Those villains had no chance to do anything evil.

After the emperor did this, the concubines in the palace put away their thoughts one by one. It was obvious that the emperor and the queen were tied together, and if they wanted to live a good life in the future, they had to respect and obey the queen.

Ladies such as Lu Zhi, Xiong Rou, and Yu Yue could only look at the emperor and empress from the side.

The favors of the past are like the flowers in spring. After blooming quickly for a bright period of time, they soon wither and die.

It was like the wind and rain last night, which suddenly stopped, and then when the sky cleared up, everything that happened yesterday disappeared.

After staying with the emperor for a long time, the ladies gradually came to their senses.

The emperor was a political creature, and the title of Madam was just another form of dependence on power.

However, a girl like Xiong Rou, who grew up in the palace, is very open-minded about such things.

After all, she was Xiong Qi's daughter and a guest of honor of Queen Dowager Huayang, so she had a very thorough understanding of all those love affairs.

"Humans always pursue profit. If people don't pursue profit, it would be against nature. Imagine if everyone pursued morality and loyalty, wouldn't there be many people committing suicide in this world?"

"That's abnormal, ridiculous, and terrible."

“Only when everyone pursues profit can there be order in the world, because such people are easier to control.”

"What Laozi said is quite right. The world looks the other way around."

Xiong Rou didn't take the emperor's fickle behavior to heart at all.

Because she knew that if one day the Feng family was of no use to the emperor, or if Empress Feng could no longer give the emperor what he wanted, then this "romantic" emperor would hurriedly look for a new love.

Fortunately, although this emperor values ​​interests, he is more humane than any other emperor in history, right?

After horizontal and vertical comparisons, the emperor was still quite good in Xiong Rou's mind.

However, not everyone has the same temperament and vision as Xiong Rou. For some people, seeing the emperor openly expressing his love to the queen so blatantly, their hearts were like glass cups that were shattered to pieces with a bang.

Let’s not talk about Han Ji, who was disappointed with the emperor.

This princess from the Warring States Period was protected in a birdcage for too long. Not only did she miss the changes of the times, she also lost the basic ability to survive at an early stage.

A person who has not experienced the sufferings and tears of life does not know whether she is happy or unhappy.

When someone is in favor, it means someone else is out of favor.

The ignorant Lu Zhi was taught her first lesson in the deep palace by the man she loved all her life.

There is no free lunch in this world. No one will love a useless and worthless person.

If someone loves you, it must be because you have something he needs. This thing may not be material, but may be spiritual. But if someone can provide spiritual support, can he still be a poor person with no meaning to the world?
Reality is a good thing. It is a real magic mirror. All hypocritical lies will be exposed in front of this mirror.

The so-called affection and love are all based on material.

The more we face reality, the more we realize how profound the wisdom of our ancient ancestors is.

Being well matched is laying the foundation for harmonious coexistence between men and women in the future marriages of the next generation, and the process of three books and six ceremonies, which takes a full two years, is meant to allow the two families to get along with each other.

After hearing everyone praising the harmonious and equal relationship between the emperor and the empress, the simple-minded Lu Zhi fell into depression. She was heartbroken.

The emperor woke her up from her sweet dream in the most unexpected way.

Lu Zhi felt unbelievable.

However, Lu Zhi did not cry or make a fuss because she already had a child.

And crying in front of these servants would only expose one's own weaknesses.

She learned an ironclad fact in the palace: that just because you are the emperor you cannot do whatever you want, and just because you are a maid or eunuch under the concubine you are not bound to obey you and do whatever you say; everything depends on your own planning and how you treat them.

The emperor was meeting with his ministers, and the palace was preparing for the New Year's preparations, and it was necessary to hang up lanterns and decorations.

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What's more, Fusu has already led the Qin Empire on the road to poverty alleviation and prosperity. This year should not be more extravagant than previous years when Qin Shihuang was alive, but there is always more than enough money for everyone in the palace to give as a reward for the New Year.

Lu Zhi was about to give birth, and the queen's health had completely recovered.

After taking care of the harem for the emperor and empress for more than eight months, the emperor and the empress staged a scene of deep affection on the occasion of the New Year, which made Lu Zhi feel very aggrieved.

Naturally, she had to hand over the power of managing the harem to the queen, as if to prove herself.

After all, although Lu Zhi was familiar with monogamy in a small family, she was still unfamiliar with the monogamy and polygamy system in the harem with complicated political interests, and she could not adapt to it.

Until now, Lu Zhi is still an honest person, a little white flower, how could she know so much.

With anger and grievances that had nowhere to vent, and the pressure of gossip from people in the palace, Lu Zhi went to see the queen with the seal and scepter given to her by the emperor.

The queen sat in the main hall, facing Lu Zhi, and she still maintained the same attitude she always showed to others in the past.

Face everyone around you with the fewest words, the gentlest gestures, and the most relaxed smile.

No matter who it is, facing someone like the Queen, they will become defenseless.

After all, most people are soft-hearted and do not respond to hard tactics.

After Lü Zhi expressed her request tactfully, the queen said, "This palace belongs to your majesty, not me. Your majesty must have a purpose in letting you hold the seal. If you dare to hand it over, I may not dare to accept it."

In the eyes of the Queen, Lu Zhi was like an immature child. Her actions were too obvious. She was just expressing her dissatisfaction with the Emperor in her own way.

Lü Zhi cried and said, "Since I took charge of the harem, I have always been strict with everyone in the palace. If anyone abuses their power for personal gain, and excludes those kind and upright people, I will send them to the Eternal Lane to suffer."

"If anyone relies on his own cleverness and the convenience of his position to deduct the rewards or even the monthly salary of those who work hard and are loyal to the master, I will beat them to death."

"Because of all these things, I have offended many people in the palace. I know they all resent me."

"I think if I continue to hold the talisman, it will only cause more people to hate me."

"Because in the palace under my management, the ladies dare not easily deduct money and property, and they dare not wantonly reward good-looking men, but harshly criticize and arbitrarily order ugly men."

"Men and women in the palace used to have secret affairs with each other, but now even at night, women dare not go out easily for fear of being caught having an affair."

"Although I did what I thought was right, many people resented me and thought I was inhumane."

"I have done a lot for others, but they don't appreciate it. Instead, they slander me, frame me, and insult me ​​behind my back."

"It would be nice if I really made a mistake, but unfortunately I don't think I did."

"I have been bearing these scoldings for nothing for a long time. Now I am about to give birth. I think the queen's body has fully recovered after six months of recuperation. It is time for me to hand over power."

"I, Lü Zhi, am just a country girl from Pei County. Not only am I of low status, I have no talent, and my appearance is even more ordinary. In this harem, I am the most inconspicuous and ordinary person."

"It is not only unreasonable to hold such power as managing the harem for a long time, but it will also attract ridicule from some people."

"Please understand, Queen."

The queen smiled and said, "You did what the emperor wanted you to do, and the emperor is very satisfied with it."

"Everyone in the palace is afraid of you. Treating villains with leniency will only make them worse; only by treating them in the most cruel and violent way will they be in awe and dare not act recklessly."

"Because of your arrival, most of the honest and down-to-earth guards, female relatives, eunuchs, and servants in the palace are grateful to you for making the decision for them."

"And those evil villains are afraid of you and dare not come out to cause trouble."

"People outside the palace have also heard of your talents. They have written letters to you praising your talents and virtues."

"Everything you do is seen by everyone and everyone knows it."

"Everyone knows why you do something. Those who resent and blame you are only because you have hindered their interests and failed to benefit them. This just shows that you have governed them well."

"Lü Zhi, you are not an ordinary little woman. You are not simple at all to make so many people admire you. You think too little of yourself."

"You can go back. I don't agree with handing over power. You have this talent, why don't you use it to benefit more people."

"Since ancient times, our Great Qin has had a tradition of women ruling the country."

Lu Zhi didn't expect that the Queen would give her such a high evaluation.

With these words from the Queen, isn't it equivalent to the Queen personally supporting her?

This made Lu Zhi, who felt inferior about her status, feel as if she had found a backer again.

(End of this chapter)