Great Qin had a prosperous age

Chapter 520 It’s true that you can’t kill, but you can’t tolerate it either! (Please give me a monthly recommendation ticket!)
"I never thought that you would be the one who solves this problem for me."

Fusu still praised Huo Cheng sincerely.

Huo Cheng was even more ecstatic. As expected, he had been observing the situation of all parties in the DPRK and China these days. In order to help the emperor, he almost broke his head. Fortunately, he finally figured out a way.

"I am overjoyed to be able to solve His Majesty's urgent needs." Speaking of this, Huo Cheng thought of another thing. "In addition, under the orders of His Majesty, I cooperated with Doctor Yang to clear up the forces of Zhao Xie's family, and there are many discoveries."

"Say it."

Seeing that the emperor's mood was waning, Huo Cheng said directly:
"Doctor Yang flooded Handan City of Zhao and captured more than a hundred people from the Zhao clan. However, there were more than a thousand followers and dead soldiers in his mansion."

When Fusu heard the news, he couldn't help raising his eyebrows.

"There are actually a thousand people. As far as I know, there are only 300 people in the Prime Minister's mansion. How did he manage to have a thousand people? It's ridiculous! Are you deceiving me?"

You know, under today's productivity conditions, the world's population is only 4000 million.

People like dinke belong to the high-level intellectual group of this era.

Taixue recruits talented people, and recruits talents from all the counties and vassal states in the Qin Empire. Only 500 people enter Taixue.Although this has something to do with Fusu not wanting to make the bureaucracy too bloated from the beginning, the number of retainers among a thousand people is really a scary number.

"Your Majesty, this is absolutely true. Since your Majesty implemented the enfeoffment, many scholars from all over the world have fled to Zhao. Because they heard that Zhao Xie is a powerful leader and can control the six counties in Guandong."

Fusu was naturally angry when he heard this.

It is because the sheriffs of the six counties in the Kanto region are all in collusion with the local tyrants that the Zhao clan is extremely rampant, and this kind of imagination has been very rampant as early as the time of the first emperor.

If the inferior does not repay the superior, the superior will naturally not be able to notice this.

Seeing the emperor's unkind expression, Huo Cheng thought he had said something wrong, so he stopped and thought carefully about whether he had said something wrong and offended His Majesty.

"You keep talking."

"Most of these scholars were actually eating and drinking in the Zhao Mansion. Zhao Xie didn't want to admit them at first, but he followed the advice of a counselor and took in those scholars who had no talent and raised them in the mansion. In this way, he , just to show that Zhao Xie is extremely attractive, and also to show that he is strong enough to be the overlord of a party. It is in this way that Zhao Xie constantly draws in all the people who can be used by him."

Fusu smiled naturally after hearing this.

"Absurd! Regardless of the fact that I have an army of millions, Xianyang City alone has a population of 50 people. And little Zhao Xie is proud of being able to support thousands of soldiers, thinking that he has the capital to fight against me , It is simply arrogant, hitting a stone with an egg."

Speaking of this, Fusu suddenly paused.

This is still a legacy of pre-Qin customs. People in the Warring States Period were based on the number of patrons raised by celebrities. The more patrons they raised, the higher the reputation of celebrities.

From this point of view, Zhao Xie is not stupid, he is just living in the past.

"Although the world has been united as one for 13 years, there are still many people living in the past, in the past when wars were constant and the princes were in charge of their own affairs. They fled east and west, and today they are under Zhao Xie's hands, but tomorrow they may be... …”

When Fusu thought of this, he naturally felt a chill in his heart.

Since ancient times, talent has been one of the important criteria for measuring a country's strength.

If he was in a fit of rage today, in order to show his majesty as the Second Emperor of Qin, and to pursue the effect of using punishment to deter the world like Qin Shihuang, he would kill these thousand scholars like this, which would be even more unpopular.

If he kills these thousand soldiers, then he will be supporting his younger brothers.

I don't know what the situation of these brothers is now, but he cannot allow the talent to be lost to the vassal states.

Fusu quickly calmed down.

"Huo Cheng, do you know Marquis Wenxin?"

"Prime Minister Lu Buwei, who was honored as 'Father Zhong' by the late emperor."

Fusu nodded.

"At that time, there were thousands of disciples under Lu Buwei's command. However, there were really thousands of scholars under Lu Buwei's command, and each of them was full of knowledge. But in Zhao Xie's house, there were only wine bags and rice bags."

Huo Cheng quickly understood what the emperor meant.

"Your Majesty wants to follow the example of the late emperor's eviction order and disperse these thousands of people, but he is also worried that the scholars in the world will hear about it and flee to various vassal states. Isn't it that your Majesty is embarrassed by this?"

"Now I can see clearly. Apart from Shen Yu, you are the smartest person around me."

Huo Cheng was naturally even more delighted when he heard these words of praise.

"However, you guessed one thing wrong. I don't want to disperse these thousands of people. What I hate most in my life are those who resist the rule of the Qin Empire. Since these scholars can read and digitize, they should know that I will give them The treatment they received was far better than what Zhao Xie wanted to give them, but they chose to recognize people like Zhao Xie as their master. My original intention was to trap and kill them all, so that all the scholars in the world would see that they would not be willing to be loyal to me. What happens to people.”

1000 people, all killed?

Huo Cheng was shocked. Is this still the second generation he knew who was dedicated to implementing benevolent government in the world?

It is obvious that His Majesty is very disgusted with the traitors and will spare no effort to attack them.

"Please, Your Majesty, calm down."

Fusu took a deep breath.

"I know better than anyone else. If I really do this, I will leave a tyrannical image in front of the world, and all my previous actions will be in vain. Therefore, not only can I not kill them, I must also Provide for them. Otherwise, they will make trouble behind my back and publicize my faults."

"Your Majesty said it very well."

"It's just that I can't swallow this breath in my heart, and I don't want to surrender to me, but I still want to treat them kindly. You are so smart, why don't you come up with this idea for me."

Huo Cheng nodded slightly.

Your Majesty cannot kill them directly, and you don’t want these people to think that Your Majesty is easy to bully...

This problem is indeed difficult.

"I think this matter is not difficult. If we get to the bottom of this matter, it is not difficult to prescribe the right medicine."

Fusu's eyes were narrow and piercing.

"Oh? What do you have to say?"

Huo Cheng felt guilty for no reason when facing the emperor's gaze.

"Your Majesty, I can't say that I have high opinions. It's just that after I arrested these people, they begged for mercy in every possible way, so I interrogated them. It turns out that there are many strategic people among these scholars. Not only that, they are all on the same side. Famous people. Especially the one named Zhang Er, Zhao Xie almost obeys his words."

"Zhang Er?"

Fusu remembered the name.

Then Chen Yu is here too.Fusu thought to himself, if these two people can't be used by him, then just kill them.

"After some investigation, I found out that they were the people who were wanted by the late Emperor."

"The arrest warrant issued by the late Emperor?"

"Exactly."

"These people are all famous scholars from Zhao, Han, Wei, and Chu. After His Majesty unified the world, he ordered the capture of these counselors."

"Do you want me to release them?" At this time, Fusu had deeply realized the harm that being a 'good old man' would bring to him.When he returns to Xianyang, those old guys will definitely make a fuss about this matter and ridicule his "benevolence and righteousness".Thinking of the number of times, Fusu couldn't help but say: "Absurd!"

"But I think this is a good opportunity for Your Majesty to show kindness and righteousness to the scholars of the world."

"I really can't kill these people, but I can't tolerate them either! As for the enemies who resist the empire, I will never let them go no matter how far they go to the ends of the world. Go and ask these people for me, if they are willing to do anything to me If he bows his head and surrenders, then I will spare his life and let them build a straight road to Jiuyuan. If they are not willing to serve me, then they will be killed and their heads will be hung at the city gate. This matter will be left to - "

Fusu looked at Huo Cheng and said, "Leave this matter to Yang Mucong."

Handing over the six counties of the Kanto to Yang Miaocong, Fusu was not completely at ease.It depends on whether he is smart or not, and whether he can hand it over depends on whether Yang Miaocong will take this opportunity to keep these counselors for his use.

This is an opportunity.

"It's late at night, you step back."

Huo Cheng was a little surprised. He seemed to never be able to understand the emperor's thoughts, so he had to resign in anger.

Little did Huo Cheng know that he had repeatedly stepped on Fusu's bottom line as emperor.

After Huo Cheng went out, Fusu immediately announced that Pang You, the regular attendant, was here.

Pang You has transformed from a fat and greasy middle-aged man into an even greasier old man.

But every time he saw this old man, Fusu would relax from the bottom of his heart.Because he almost never asked about political affairs, and only took care of Fusu's daily life.If such a person stays by his side for a long time, Fusu will have the illusion that he is like his family.

"Your Majesty, do you want extra food?"

"add--"

Pang You smiled, and the white silk hair on his head also trembled.

Fusu looked at Pang You, and the hand holding the pen suddenly became a lot stronger, and the ink was heavily applied, turning the bamboo slips into a black mess.

Pang You saw it, his hands trembling slightly.

The quarrel between Meng Tian and Er Er had somehow spread.The emperor ate very little today, which must be related to this matter.

While Pang You was thinking about it, Fusu suddenly asked:
"Today, Commander Huo asked the ministers to step down?"

"Exactly."

"The person responsible for managing the official visits has always been the visitor. Why would the officials listen to Commander Huo?"

Pang You was scared and still shied away from responsibility.

"Your Majesty, I don't know the reasons for this matter."

Seeing that Pang Yousser was trembling and the flesh on his body trembled, Fusu didn't plan to hold him accountable anymore.

"Xuan is on duty today."

"only."

When the visitor was summoned, he thought that His Majesty the Emperor was going to summon the ministers late at night. When he arrived at the main room, he found that the Emperor's face was gloomy.

"I pay my respects to His Majesty the Emperor."

"Why are you preventing the ministers from seeing me today?"

"Huo Duwei Yuchen said, 'Your Majesty has been dealing with official affairs day and night for several days in succession, and urgent reports have been sent out frequently from Xianyang, making it difficult for Your Majesty to sleep peacefully. Now that things have calmed down in Handan, it would be better for Your Majesty to rest more.'"

"So, you listened to Huo Cheng?"

The visitor realized later that he had committed a taboo, and begged for mercy in a panic.

"Please forgive me, Your Majesty."

"Yuji——"

Fusu looked at Chang Shi, who was holding a thick volume of laws and regulations in his hand.

"Anyone who does not follow my words and listens to Huo Cheng's words today will be removed from the official status and be punished by shaving their heads."

(I only recently learned about this criminal law. Head shaving was a way of punishing prisoners in the pre-Qin Dynasty. It is not harsh, but in ancient times, this kind of criminal law was to make you die. Although you are still alive, you have been beaten by the people around you. Despised. Not only that, after shaving your head, you have to do hard labor. From then on, you will live a very miserable life of a lower class. Generally speaking, the punishment of shaving your head is for those who have committed the most heinous crimes.)
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