Great Qin had a prosperous age

Chapter 687: Making up for the guilt (please give me a monthly recommendation ticket!)

Everyone in the Meng Mansion was beaming with joy. When the servants saw their master coming back, they went to greet him one after another. However, they saw Meng Tian with a cold look on his face, and Meng Yi didn't have the New Year's joy on his face.

The two brothers came to the study. As soon as Meng Tian closed the door, he began to question his brother:
"What's going on with you today? It's a great celebration for the new year. We have just worshiped the late emperor in the ancestral temple, but you are making alarmist remarks in the court."

Meng Yi was naturally very angry after hearing this.

"Brother, how can you say that? Why are you making alarmist remarks? Even His Majesty said it himself today. This is a matter of great urgency to the entire empire."

Meng Tian listened and patted his thigh.

"You are an elm head, His Majesty just said that to save face for you."

Meng Yi took his seat and started drinking tea as if nothing happened.

"Brother, the matter is over and I have said my words. What's the use of being angry again."

Meng Tian sighed and sat down.

"This is the third year of His Majesty's personal rule. On the first day of the Lunar New Year, His Majesty actually allows you to talk like this. It shows that Your Majesty has other plans."

"People like your Majesty are really the wisest among the kings of the Qin Kingdom. Since your Majesty mentioned the five-year period, everyone in the court has become a little angry. Everyone wants to make a move and see the five-year period." What will the empire look like in [-] years? It’s just that Your Majesty has your own ideas. As ministers, we must fulfill our duties. My brother is worried about what Your Majesty will do."

"Why am I worried about Your Majesty? I am worried about your head?"

"If Meng Yi loses his head, then Qin will no longer have any good officials."

Seeing Meng Yi being so conceited, Meng Tian, ​​the elder brother, had no choice but to do anything.

"You, it's just that your career has been too smooth in this life."

"It's obviously because both the late emperor and the second emperor valued me."

After hearing this, Meng Tian was speechless.

Then Meng Yi poured tea for Meng Tian. After he finished drinking it, the anger in his chest also dissipated a lot.

"Although my brother has always been good at military affairs, he should also know that this population plan will affect several dynasties in the future and is definitely not the plan of this dynasty. This year is the first year of five years, and it is necessary to raise many issues. , if I don’t mention it, if Zhou Qingchen deceives His Majesty and whitewashes the peace, what is the difference between a definite and uncertain five-year period? Now everyone in the world is stretching their necks, pricking up their ears, listening and watching His Majesty’s next move Whatever you plan to do, I must personally handle this for Your Majesty."

Meng Tian listened and said solemnly:

"I know this matter is very important, but you should not speak recklessly in front of all the ministers, let alone refute Zhou Qingchen's face in the court just to show off your authority."

When Meng Yi heard this, he was naturally angry.

"Brother, how can you say that to me? I said something I shouldn't have said in a hurry today, but why did I do it to show off my authority? What's more, in this court, it is clear who is traitorous and who is loyal. If your Majesty can even do this Even if you can’t tell, I’ve already been dead.”

"Now, we, the Meng family, occupy two of the positions of the Four Dukes. There is no prime minister in the court. You and I have the highest status."

"No, brother, you have the highest status. The title of Dazhuguo means that you are an important minister in the court. On the other hand, Meng Yi is just a secret service officer and is not counted among the three princes."

"Why are you almost fifty now, but you still say these nonsense, like that reckless boy of seventeen or eighteen years old? Even if you are not among the three gentlemen, you and I come from the same family, and everyone knows that you and I are compatriots Brother. The Montessori family is already extremely powerful. At this time, you must be cautious. How many times have I told you to be cautious. You just don't listen."

How could Meng Yi have imagined that in the eyes of his brother, he, a dignified Sikou, was still a child.

"Brother, you treat Meng Yi as a younger brother, not as a Sikou."

Meng Tian couldn't help it, and quickly waved his hands:

"I can't help you. I'm tired today, so you can go."

Meng Yi got up, put on his shoes and socks, and left without even looking back.

Not long after, Meng Zhong came over to visit his father, but saw that his father's cheeks were red and he looked very happy.

It turned out that after Meng Yi left, the more Meng Tian thought about it, the more he felt that now he was starting to be timid, but his brother still stuck to his heart as always.

"What happened to father today? I heard that father and uncle had a quarrel again."

"I'm laughing at how old I am, but your uncle is still innocent at heart."

Meng Zhong heard this and wondered why. What's so funny about this.

"Uncle has the heart of a child, it's true, but what's wrong with it?"

Meng Tian was stunned for a moment, and then he dropped his hands on his knees as if he suddenly understood. He looked left and right and murmured:
"It's not bad, it's not bad. Why aren't any of the women at home today?"

"I'm going to the palace to give Princess Yaoman her wedding gift."

"Your Majesty is really confident and wants to control Jingchu in this way."

Meng Zhong lowered his head,
"There is something that I have been holding in my heart for a long time. I don't know whether to say it or not."

"There are no long tongues in the house today, just tell me."

"It seems to me that Your Majesty intends to draw Jiangdong out of Guanzhong."

Meng Tian frowned:

"What does it mean to be drawn out of Guanzhong?"

"I heard that His Majesty the Emperor gave the Yu family a thousand acres of land."

"When the state of Chu fell, the king of Chu didn't even have [-] mu of land. It can be seen that His Majesty has spared no effort to support the Yu family."

"My son also feels strange. The land of Qianyi is really rich. The Yu family can raise thousands of slaves. Now that they have a princess, they will be more powerful. I heard that your majesty will equip the princess with elite soldiers on her wedding day. I will always protect the princess from now on."

Meng Tian knew that the emperor had always felt guilty for driving away those military nobles to Jingchu, and for killing many generals.During his lifetime, His Majesty indeed doted on all the princesses. He always indulged Princess Yao and once promised her to marry Liehou.Perhaps His Majesty is doing this now to make up for the princess, and more importantly, to make up for the guilt towards the late emperor.

Meng Tian was silent for a while, then said to Meng Zhong:

"Princess Yao has already been engaged. After several years of hard work, she was able to get married today. Your Majesty did this just to make up for the princess. It's not a strange thing."

"But I heard that your majesty also allowed the families of those soldiers to go with them, and even the princess's biological mother was allowed to go with them. At that time, more than ten princes and princes left Xianyang City together, and they begged for mercy many times, but neither the late emperor nor your majesty allowed them to go. They brought their mother to the fiefdom, but why did the princess get married and take the late emperor's concubine to Jiangdong?"

Meng Tian suddenly looked grim after hearing this.

"Is the news reliable?"

"This is what my aunt told me today. She heard a few palace maids talk about it in the palace. She probably went to Jiangdong this time and will never come back. Now the backyard of the princess's house is full of tears. But My aunt asked carefully, but she shook her head and said nothing, which shows that it is true."

(End of this chapter)