Great Qin had a prosperous age

Chapter 339 Fatal Blow
In the autumn of the 27th year of Emperor Qin's reign, a secret message from Kuaiji Prefecture left the city gate and headed west all the way through wind and rain, over mountains and ridges, and finally arrived at Xianyang City of Qin State five days later.

Unless there are special circumstances, men are required to grow a beard.

Ying Zheng was in his early thirties, and his chin was thickened.

Now he is 42 years old and his beard is growing even more.

Those eyes were even more sharp, and the arrogance on his face was even more obvious.

Every move and every move is filled with the spirit of giving up to others.

Ying Zheng sat in Zhangtai Palace, listening to the sound of bells coming from outside.

The curtains in the palace are fluttering in the wind, and the sound of wind and rain outside is accompanied by thoughts.

It’s the bleak late autumn time again.

This bell comes from Taixue.

Listening to the bells coming from Taixue, Ying Zheng thought of Xiao Hu Hai.

The former little Hu Hai is now 12 years old.Hu Hai and several other brothers of similar age have officially entered Taixue.

In the history of the Qin State, the treatment of concubines has been low for hundreds of years, and now their status has been elevated again.

Ying Zheng made a major decision to transform the feudal system into a county system.

Those county guards are just the original Qin officials.

Compared with the princes, the officials of Qin could not suppress the unruly people of Jingchu and Qilu. They used the Qin princes who continued his bloodline to guard the border areas in the name of enfeoffment. This was the original intention of Yingzheng's enfeoffment system.

The reason for this choice was that Fusu led a group of brothers and they proved to Yingzheng that they could govern the place.

There are also people who can rule the world.

Ying Zheng looked at the map in front of him, his thoughts racing.

Last winter, he ordered Taishi to conduct divination.

Taishi Ling's divination revealed that the future fate of Qin rested entirely on Fusu.

(Taishi Lingben is responsible for divination, not writing history books. Don’t misunderstand. Officials and historians are the ones who really record history.)
I don't know if the saying of the Book of Changes is credible or not.

But since Yingzheng has chosen to establish the crown prince, he will naturally not abolish it halfway.

Rumors from outside were like poisonous arrows, constantly shooting into the Qin Dynasty.

Ying Zheng knew that he had to make a choice.

In the stormy autumn day, Hu Hai and other gentlemen read together, shaking their heads.

"Little children.

According to Zhao Gao, if he studied hard, his father would grant him the largest fiefdom except Dongyang Lord.

In order to be able to live freely on a piece of land in the future, Hu Hai is naturally studying hard now.

But what we learn is naturally the law.

In addition to Ying Zheng's son, the sons of aristocratic families also entered the Imperial College together.

The sons of nobles gather together to learn the law.

Ruling the country by law is Qin's national policy.

For a time, the Imperial Academy was filled with the sounds of young masters and princes reading.

Taixue was originally located in the imperial city, not far from the imperial palace.

Sometimes, the sound of reading in the Imperial College would be carried by the wind to the walls of the palace.

This was Fusu's previous presupposition. The purpose of setting up Taixue in the imperial city was to reflect that the country attached great importance to culture and education.

It's just that the huge Imperial College was originally supposed to be filled with hundreds of schools of thought, but due to Li Si's troubles, the Imperial College is now just the most senior university in the country.

Li Si, who was previously appointed as Taixue Jijiu, was now renamed Taixue Ling and returned to the position of Shangqing.

Now, the same bell sounded in Li Si's ears.

This is lethargy.

The closer Li Si got to Zhangtai Palace, the voices in his ears became quieter and quieter.

He put on his blue court clothes again.

There was no court meeting today, so Li Si was summoned to Xianyang Palace again.The palace in Fusu's mind was still Xianyang Palace in Li Si's eyes.

Xianyang Palace is the place where he can realize his ambitions and display his talents.

Some things should not change.

This was the intuitive feeling of Li Si, who had already confronted Fusu.

Li You was not the kind of person who dared to say that the prince was going to rebel, so there was only another possibility. The person who spread the rumors was actually someone else.

But according to Li Si's speculation, the most unlikely result is that this rumor was promoted by that person. He wanted his own life to avenge his two masters.

When Li Si entered the palace, Ying Zheng retreated.

"Li Si——"

"The minister is here."

"Do you know why I called you here?"

Li Si made a bow.

"I am frightened, but I hope His Majesty the First Emperor will understand clearly."

"It seems you already know about the rumor."

Cold sweat broke out on Li Si's head, and he said tremblingly:
"The old minister is incapable of teaching his son, and has failed His Majesty's trust. The old minister is ashamed, and His Majesty Wanwang will punish him."

And Ying Zheng, who was wearing a black crown uniform, had his back to Li Si, and was currently using his sword to pick out the candlelight.

The candles that were burning were extinguished one by one by Ying Zheng himself.

For a small flame that is unwilling to let it burn, the best way to deal with it is naturally to extinguish him at the beginning.

After hearing Li Si's apology, Ying Zheng's face was full of doubts.

The hall was empty. Half of the candles in the hall were extinguished by Ying Zheng, so the hall was a little dark.

"A man got a piece of beautiful jade. But this piece of beautiful jade was too dazzling in the eyes of outsiders, so the owner of the beautiful jade hid the beautiful jade for future use. But unexpectedly, someone now slandered this piece of jade."

Li Si took a deep breath when he heard this.

"The crown prince is this jade."

Li Si said again.

"I owe you Your Majesty's kindness."

Ying Zheng cut to the chase and said:

"Rumors are spreading everywhere now, and I'm afraid this piece of jade will be destroyed."

It was widely rumored by outsiders that Lord Dongyang has a heart of treason, and the person who supports Lord Dongyang is actually King Wan!

The root cause of the matter lies in the aspect dispute.

Li You wanted to help his father Li Si take the position of prime minister.

But now there is Wang Wan, the prime minister, and Feng Quji, the imperial censor. These two people are biting each other.

No matter how you look at it, it's not Li Si's turn.

But Li You never expected that he would get a huge secret.

Prince Fusu actually made Wang Lin's son his heir before leaving Xianyang and gave the seal to Wang Wan.

But Li You never expected that when he was discussing this matter with his staff and disciples, a few craftsmen would eavesdrop on him.

Li You originally just wanted this matter to be known only to the emperor, so that Ying Zheng would feel disgusted with Wang Wan.

But Li You didn't expect that before he released the news, rumors had begun to spread in the land of Jingchu that Lord Dongyang was colluding with Xiangguo and had the intention of rebellion.

And the person who said this was none other than Li You.

Li Si and the prince were at odds.

Everything was shaken out.

Who dares to say such slanderous words about the prince?
It wasn't until Li You's old friend from Jingchu brought the news to Li You that Li You realized that something was wrong.

What surprised him even more was that the news began to spread like wildfire again, spreading directly in Xianyang City.

What Li You hates most now is paper.

Because paper is easy to carry and can be folded into small pieces, these small notes containing secret messages are passed around everywhere.

As for Li Si, he only found out about it yesterday.

How Li You learned the secrets of Wang Wan and Fusu was naturally through Li Si.

Li Si initially surmised that the person who made up such rumors wanted to destroy the prince.

However, the only people who knew about Wang Wan and Fusu were His Majesty the Emperor, Lord Dongyang, Wang Wan, Li Si, and Yu'er.

As a result, Li Si began to panic.

Li Si knew that his son Li You had a bad habit. Many times, he couldn't control his mouth.

　I hope no readers will tell me that Li Si is innocent at this time.

　　Li Si is Fusu's political enemy and must die.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)