Great Qin had a prosperous age

Chapter 470: Ruthless is the most emperor (please give me a monthly recommendation ticket!)
"As far as I know, this Li You is still working in the tomb of the First Emperor. Presumably, the new emperor achieved his goal and forgot about this matter."

As if unraveling an unknown mystery, Feng Quji said leisurely:

"Li You was pardoned by His Majesty a long time ago, and he was allowed to change his name and surname with his wife and children and leave Xianyang City. The person who did this for His Majesty the Emperor was me. After all, Li Si and I have been colleagues for 20 years. The friendship of the robe.”

Feng Changan was naturally deeply moved after hearing the story of Li Si and Li You.

"My grandfather's words today taught my grandson that the government is full of turmoil and that those who can occupy the positions of the Three Lords and Nine Ministers in the government are all powerful people."

"And the person who can become an emperor is stronger than everyone else. I think it was precisely because of Li Si's death that the late emperor valued the new emperor more, because the new emperor proved to the late emperor that he was a qualified soldier. emperor."

After hearing this, Feng Changan just blinked his eyes and was speechless for a while.

The grandfather and grandson were silent for a long time, as if they had fallen into a trap and were no longer prepared to fight to the death.

After being shocked, Feng Changan drank some hot wine, and then remembered the purpose of his coming. He couldn't think of a way, so he had to comfort him:
"Actually, my grandson has planned a lot for his grandfather. Looking at the government and the public, who else can be the prime minister except my grandfather. Even today's imperial censors only rely on the king and queen to gain power. The grandson thinks that, in fact, my grandfather There is no need to worry so much. Although Your Majesty thinks more highly of Meng Tian and Wang Wu, among the courtiers, you are the most respected by everyone. It is not that my grandson is boasting. Looking at the empire, there is no one who is qualified to serve as the prime minister of our Qin Empire. There is only one grandfather.”

Feng Quji knew how he came to be the prime minister, and he picked up leftovers along the way.

"That's why I say that Wang Wan played a good game. Not only did he not think about giving up his position as prime minister, he also successfully secured a more stable position in the court for his descendants. As for what you said Is his position as prime minister stable? Grandson, my grandfather will tell you the truth. The late emperor’s last edict had already made arrangements for the new emperor’s prime minister.”

"The prime minister of this empire should not be me, but someone else. This person is none other than Meng Tian, ​​the current Dazhu Kingdom."

"Everyone in the court knows that His Majesty has a final edict before his death, but few people understand its meaning, and those who understand its purpose are unwilling to obey His Majesty's edict."

Feng Changan had never been in the court. Before, his family was supported by his father, uncle, and great uncle, so it was not his turn to interfere with the interests of the family clan. Now he began to be guided by his grandfather.

At the beginning, he naturally behaved very immaturely. He was always born in a family of generals and prime ministers, but he was not able to analyze the government affairs step by step like the prime minister of the dynasty.

In this government affairs, far more than just interest relationships are involved, but also interpersonal relationships. There are also accidental and contingent factors, and personal character can play a role in government affairs.

There are only a few words in history books, which may make people's blood boil, or they may make people feel boring.But people in history did not know that what they created was history, and everything was as ordinary as ordinary food.What is recorded in the history books is only the impact of the sudden and big changes in the world around people at that time.

Feng Changan, a 30-year-old man, has only just begun to be exposed by his grandfather to the turbulent waves under the calm lake in the court.

"Edict? Everyone has read the late emperor's edict. Is there any mystery in it?"

"The real purpose of that edict is actually to let His Majesty the Emperor appoint Meng Tian as prime minister. In this way, Meng Tian can help the new emperor stabilize the country, and the military power can be easily removed from Meng Tian's hands."

Feng Quji stroked his beard, feeling secretly happy that he had obtained the position of prime minister without any effort, and then he felt a heartfelt fear for his late emperor's foresight and ruthlessness.

"Even for Meng Tian who was so loyal to him, the late emperor was afraid of the military power he held in his hands. It's not surprising that the late emperor didn't even take me as the prime minister in his eyes."

"The reason why the late emperor did not issue such a last edict to the new emperor until his death was because he wanted the new emperor to show favor to Meng Tian and make him worship him as prime minister, so that he would be loyal to the new emperor."

"The late Emperor had already planned all of this."

After Feng Changan heard this, he felt his butt stiffen.

“Grandfather—then aren’t we?”

Feng Quji said calmly:
"Why panic? Now, I am still sitting firmly on this position. The late emperor planned everything for the new emperor, but he miscalculated one thing. That is, the late emperor was ruthless and thought everyone was ruthless. He underestimated The two Meng brothers were loyal to him. It was Meng Tian's loyalty to the late emperor that caused the new emperor to never make up his mind to worship Meng Tian as his prime minister."

"If the Meng brothers hadn't been too loyal to the late emperor, the position of prime minister would have gone to Meng Tian long ago. What a pity!"

Speaking of this, Feng Quji suddenly smiled on his face.

"Now, do you know why Meng Tian had trouble with His Majesty the Emperor before?"

Feng Changan suddenly understood and nodded repeatedly.

"The new emperor did not follow the previous emperor's wishes and appointed him as prime minister. Instead, he ordered him to withdraw his troops from Jiuyuan and garrison Guanzhong. But grandfather, would Meng Tian really go against His Majesty for such a thing? Didn't grandfather say before that it was because of Meng's family? My brother is loyal to the late emperor, so why did he stop the emperor from making the decision to make him prime minister?"

Feng Quji listened and just laughed.

"You still have too little experience. I really hope that His Majesty can transfer you to the court as soon as possible and stop doing chores in those moldy corners. If this continues, you will not make any progress."

"The human heart is the most complicated in the world. Nothing in the world is inevitable or absolute. Remember these two words of my grandfather and slowly understand them in the future."

After that, Feng Quji said to the empty snow outside the window:

"To stop, to stop, why are humans not as good as birds?"

Feng Chang sat cross-legged next to his grandfather and looked out the window at the open space.

He looked at the imperial approval of the second generation that he had copied for his grandfather, and suddenly had an idea.

"In fact, His Majesty has always had the intention of reusing Confucian scholars. Although His Majesty the Emperor previously ordered Confucian scholars to guard the tomb of the late Emperor, it was because these Confucian scholars advised His Majesty the Emperor that His Majesty would mourn the late Emperor for as long as one year, which angered His Majesty .”

"Although my grandson works at the Chancellery in the palace and is not allowed to get close to the important affairs of the government, I heard from people in the palace that His Majesty loves Mrs. Qingyang very much. This Mrs. Qingyang is none other than the doctor servant She Chunyuyue who frequently angered the late emperor. Grandfather. But you know, this Chunyu Pushe has come back a long time ago."

As he said this, both grandfather and grandson focused their eyes on the imperial approval on the desk.

(End of this chapter)