My son, Fusu, please abdicate the first emperor!

Chapter 828: Succession of the County
"Your Majesty, the King of Liang presented ten pairs of ivory, two carts of bloodstone, a number of mineral treasures, twenty boxes of agate, and five boxes each of bronze, gold, and silver toys."

"I heard that Your Majesty was planning to open a factory, and I specially selected a group of craftsmen to present to Your Majesty."

"Prince Liang also specially recruited talents for Your Majesty, and collected cultural relics and stone carvings from everywhere. He brought almost everything he could. He also ordered people to sort out and copy the things he couldn't bring, and put them on books and woodcuts."

Inside the Zhangtai Palace, the usher ordered Chen Gong to report carefully.

The emperor's face naturally flushed when he heard this. "When the princes came to the court, everyone gave gifts. But compared to them, the King of Liang was more thoughtful."

"Your Majesty, would you like to reward King Liang?"

Fusu thought, King Liang has come all the way here, he is so tired, and he still takes so much trouble. I should really show some appreciation.

You can't let people come with a full load only to leave empty-handed in the end.

This will make Wang Ben sad. There were only a few generals who accompanied me in the war.

Half of it has been distributed.

Wang Ben's character and personality are extremely rare among generals.

If this hurts his feelings, wouldn't it seem that I, the emperor, turned my back on people as soon as I gained power and only thought about getting something for nothing?

"I see that people nowadays exchange gifts with each other using gold, silver, copper and tin. I remember when I was a child, the princes and nobles exchanged gifts with each other using pairs of white jade."

"There are fewer and fewer white jades in the world now. In the past, the Queen Mother Huayang gave me many pairs of white jades. I will give these white jades as gifts to Wang Ben in return."

"You must let King Liang know that I appreciate his kindness and specially gave him the gift that the Queen Mother Huayang gave me when I was appointed as the Crown Prince. I will give him a hundred pairs of white jade."

"Yes." After quickly taking notes, the official went out to do his work.

After Chen Ping saw the people leave, he asked, "Your Majesty, the heir of Liang State has not been determined yet. Not long after the princes left for their fiefdoms, they all established their heirs, except for the King of Liang."

"I thought that when the King of Liang came to Xianyang this time, he would take the initiative to explain this matter to Your Majesty and submit a memorial. But so far, the King of Liang has not said a word about this issue of heir."

"Your Majesty, this is not a good thing."

"Liang is adjacent to Guanzhong and controls strategic locations such as Bolangsha. To the north is Qi and Lu, and to the south is Jin. It is surrounded by powerful enemies."

"Once something happens in Liang, the surrounding vassal states will have to take action. I think Your Majesty should personally inquire about the matter of King Liang and determine who will be the next vassal king as soon as possible."

Fusu frowned, wondering what was going on.

"Everyone in the world knows that when Wucheng Marquis Wang Jian was alive, his favorite was his grandson Wang Li. Before he passed away, he asked the emperor to pass the title to this grandson."

"And Wang Li is the legitimate son of the King of Liang. Could it be that the King of Liang has no intention of making Wang Li the crown prince? It has been delayed for so long. This matter must be resolved only if I intervene."

Chen Ping bowed, "Your Majesty, have you forgotten? Although Wucheng Marquis Wang Li is the legitimate son of the King of Liang, the Emperor Emeritus once gave the Princess Yin Man of the Great Qin to the King of Liang as his wife. How can the princess marry into the King of Liang as a concubine?"

"Later, Princess Yin Man did give birth to a son for King Liang, and now this son is almost eight years old."

Fusu stroked his beard with a smile in the corner of his eyes.

I was wondering why such a thing was brought up for no reason.

"Princess Yin Man intends to make her son the heir?"

"This... I don't know. I just heard that King Liang is in a very difficult situation being caught in the middle."

Fusu looked at Chen Ping.

Chen Ping just looked at Fusu calmly, and there was no guilt in his eyes, just like usual. In this era, most people worshipped generals and were given titles. Even some outstanding heroes once dreamed of ruling for the people of the world and dividing the world equally.

But it's a pity.

The ideal is full, but the reality is cruel.

In order to climb the mountain that can help all people share wealth equally, you must give up something on the way up.

Basically, once you have money and power, you have completely changed beyond all recognition, and no one is willing to fulfill their previous promises.

Many, many people are like this.

If you haven't made a name for yourself, you will think about making a name for yourself and serving the people; once you sit in that position, you will think about another thing.

But Chen Ping is a little different.

After Chen Ping reached a high position, he faced various temptations every day. It was really difficult to resist those material temptations.

But Chen Ping was able to resist these temptations.

But even so, Chen Ping also has his own weaknesses.

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He admired and respected the men of the Wang family. The rise of the Wang family seemed to give the Chen family some hope.

From a commoner family, he became the greatest marquis in the world in just twenty years.

What inspired the people the most was not how much the Wang family was promoted or how high their status was, but that the Wang family did not collude with others to frame others to obtain the title, but relied on their own abilities, fought one battle after another honestly, and finally won the title.

What an honest person hates most are those who are cunning and use unfair means to gain benefits.

If a country's system functions well and its atmosphere is normal, then honest people can slowly rise up through their own hard work step by step.

Forcing honest people to go against their conscience is even more painful than killing them.

Chen Ping also envies honest people, but can he be an honest person?

The situation in the world changes slightly every three years and drastically every seven years. After twenty years, the established interest distribution pattern of a generation has been determined.

At this time, there are not many options left for honest people.

But even so, the honest people later still had their own conscience and knew what was noble and what was despicable.

Wang Ben, that is Chen Ping’s idol.

He was appointed a general and given a title of nobility without going against his original intention, and he served the king for many years without any second thoughts and always maintained his original intention.

Deep down in Chen Ping's heart, he also wanted to be a person like Wang Ben.

Therefore, Chen Ping accepted Wang Ben's commission and decided to help Wang Ben solve the matter.

Of course, Chen Ping also had his own selfish motives. He had always admired people like Su Qin and Zhang Yi. Now that the world was in parallel with the counties and kingdoms, Chen Ping also hoped to take advantage of this opportunity and let the times become his stage for performance.

Otherwise, relying on his own talent and wisdom, and just being an eunuch beside Qin II, wouldn't that be a waste of his own talents?

Chen Ping believes that people should live up to themselves.

"Although the territory of Liang State is not large, it is strategically located. If the power to choose the successor to the throne of the state is given to the King of Liang, the Princess, and Marquis Wucheng to duel, the final result may surprise Your Majesty."

(End of this chapter)