Heirs of the Seven Swords of the Qin Dynasty

Chapter 848: Being a Dutiful Son

Of course, according to Gu Xun's view, even if Fusu ascended the throne, he would not be able to solve this problem.

In Gu Xun's superficial understanding of history, the bureaucratic system in ancient China has always been developing towards bloat.

The Sangong and Jiuqing of the Qin State, excluding the fictitious Taiwei, had only eight senior officials in total. In later generations, under the three provinces and six ministries, there were eighteen people including the chief officers of the six ministries, the minister, and the left and right ministers.

This is partly due to objective needs. After all, only a sufficient number of officials can govern a huge country more efficiently.

On the other hand, it is because more people can be officials.

This can be divided into two aspects. One is that there are more scholars, and the other is that there are more channels for becoming officials.

Needless to say, the channels for selecting officials have been continuously broadened from the imperial examination system to the nine-rank Zhongzheng system and then to the imperial examination system. However, in the Qin Dynasty, even the imperial examination system is not yet mature.

In the Song Dynasty, the redundant officials and personnel that troubled Wang An were basically due to the proliferation of scholars due to the perfection of papermaking and the maturity of printing, coupled with the court atmosphere of emphasizing literature and suppressing military affairs.

After studying hard for ten years, I finally won the imperial examination. Can you not let someone serve as an official?
  Everyone knows the harm of redundant officials and knows the solution, but no one is willing to change it.

Anyone in the 'scholar' class is unwilling to change this situation.

Most of their so-called ideals and ambitions are false. They study just to become officials.

They stay up late every day and read at night, killing so many classmates in the middle of the night and the fifth night of the night, in order to become a master after passing the exam.

If you win the examination but cannot easily become an official smoothly, the value of the imperial examination will drop sharply, almost shaking the class of "shi".

All those who ascended through this channel do not want to see this situation.

In other words, it basically means that the entire bureaucracy disagrees.

However, the Qin Dynasty was different from later generations. Paper was still a rare thing that was worth more than gold and silver, and printing only existed in dreams. Anyone who could read a word was considered a master.

Under such circumstances, there are too few people who can serve as officials.

Even if the emperor is willing to decentralize power, he must be able to find enough suitable candidates.

Of course, problems like Yingzheng are still his own. He has to personally handle all the affairs of the central court, and it is no wonder that he is exhausted.

In this reality where purely objective conditions are not met, no matter who the emperor is, the political system will probably look like this. The difference at most is that the emperor will die from exhaustion and the emperor will not die from exhaustion.

Gu Xun has never thought about changing.

It will be troublesome for anyone to do things that shake the class.

Even if he had this idea, he couldn't implement it at this time.

After hearing Gu Xun's words, Fusu lowered his head and remained silent for a moment.

He could hear the meaning in Gu Xun's words.

His father was the king and he was just a minister. It was not his turn to comment on what the other party did.

Looking up again, Fusu had returned to his usual gentle appearance and asked Gu Xun for advice, "Teacher, what do you think I can do now?"

If he can't solve the problem of the county system, then he should find something he can do well.

"Well..." Gu Xun touched his chin and pondered for a moment before replying, "Now... just think of ways to annoy your father."

"Ah?" Fusu's lips were slightly open, with a confused look on his face.

What kind of advice is this?
  Annoying Father...won't you be happy for yourself?
  "Teacher, what is this...what does this mean?" Fusu asked with a head full of questions, stumbling a bit.

"It's useless for you to stay in the court. It's better to go out." Gu Xun explained, "It's really good for you to go out to govern a party and accumulate some experience." Fu Su nodded, but he understood Gu Xun. Thoughts, but still smiled bitterly and replied, "But there is no need to use this method to achieve the goal..."

Gu Xun rolled his eyes at him and asked angrily, "If not, how could you let him out?"

If enfeoffment is implemented, Fusu can naturally leave Xianyang, the capital of the Qin State, as a matter of course, but wouldn't the enfeoffment be abandoned?
  Now, he is still the candidate with the best chance of ascending to the throne. Under normal circumstances, of course, he cannot be released from the capital.

He could take the initiative to request Ying Zheng, but it would be too polite and the probability of success would be slim. Moreover, there is a high probability that many courtiers would remonstrate and veto the matter.

After all the calculations, it was most appropriate to directly find a way to offend his emperor father.

As long as Yingzheng is given a reason to cause trouble and Fusu is demoted, it will be reasonable and no one can find fault.

After hearing Gu Xun's answer, Fusu thought about it and realized that it was really like this, and couldn't help grinning.

"Then...what should I do? To make my father angry..."

He has no experience in this kind of thing!
  But this matter must be handled with caution. If it is too light, it will have no effect, and it will simply cause trouble for his father. If it is too serious, his life will not be saved, but it will not be easy.

Gu Xun waved his hand indifferently, "You don't have to be too detailed. Just go against your father's side. Well... you can also express some dissatisfaction with the legalist ideals."

"It's not serious if this happens once or twice. If it accumulates enough, he will naturally send you away."

"Oh." Fusu nodded, still looking a little embarrassed, but he didn't shirk anymore.

If he keeps saying this, then there's nothing he can do about it. The main reason is that he himself is indeed more interested in going out to govern one side.

He also did not consider where he would be beaten by his father in the future.

Don't worry, just accumulate experience, you can do it anywhere.

Northern Xinjiang, Longxi, and the East China Sea are all acceptable.

Gu Xun was somewhat sure of this, thinking that if Ying Zheng really decided to demote Fu Su and leave, the highest probability would still be Beidi.

Longxi is peaceful and peaceful.

Ever since Empress Dowager Xuan killed King Yiqu and destroyed Yiqu Kingdom, there has been basically no trouble in the Western Regions.

In general, there were only a few people and few things to do. Fusu could not do anything in the past except look at Huang Sha and bared his teeth.

Unless Ying Zheng decides to give up Fusu completely, he will not go to Longxi to eat sand.

On the surface, the East China Sea is as calm as Longxi, but in fact it is turbulent and turbulent, with undercurrents surging.

Qi surrendered without a fight, causing the country to perish but its people to remain.

The influence of the old aristocrats of Qi State in the old land of Qi State is still intertwined and deep-rooted.

For Fusu, the young son of the First Emperor, the situation was too complicated for him to sort out. The second most important thing was that it was too dangerous.

Here, he might be assassinated if he is not careful.

Perhaps most of the remnants of the Qi Kingdom are aware of the retaliation that may result from killing a young master, but these days, there is no shortage of courageous young men.

In addition to the danger of the situation, the more important point is that it is the main production area of ​​sea salt. The national salt industry depends on it, and there are huge interests entangled behind it.

Ying Zheng is personally working on wiping out the remaining forces of Qi in the East China Sea, so naturally he will not send his son there again to increase uncertainty.

(End of this chapter)