Daqin: When I return from sea, I will offer you a map of the world

Chapter 374 The First Emperor and his son meet

Seeing that Fusu was about to salute again for his rudeness, Zhao Si waved his hand quickly.

"It doesn't matter. Speaking of which, I injured my head when I went to sea. I forgot all about my past life. Even my adoptive father and brothers can't remember clearly. Your Majesty found my family for me. It's just that I was adopted and my blood relatives have long been gone. Separated, I don’t know what the master said about familiarity...?" Zhao Si quickly stopped Fusu’s salute and said.

Fusu is worthy of being a serious Confucian disciple. From the perspective of etiquette, Fusu can definitely be called a humble gentleman.

Of course, the Confucian gentleman of this era is not the corrupt Confucian of later generations. There is no conflict between benevolence and righteousness, being a gentleman, and fortitude and bravery.

Historically, Zhao Gao's evaluation of Fusu was that "the eldest son is resolute and brave, a man of faith and a warrior."

Fusu is the axis, but corrupt Confucianism cannot touch Fusu.

Fusu nodded and sighed with emotion: "I only heard about the hardships of Zhao Qing's return from the sea, but I never thought that his life experience was also so miserable."

"I have never met Zhao Qing. I only feel a little familiar with him, as if we are old friends. But for a while, I can't remember..." Fusu shook his head.

"After the old friend? Zhao? It can't be the royal family of King Zhao, right?" Zhao Si muttered in his heart. There were not many people named Zhao that he could remember, and they could still make Fusu feel familiar. Zhao Si really couldn't remember them.

Zhao Si has no attachment to his life experience. His glory, wealth and future are already laid out in front of him, and the bonus that his life experience can bring to him is really average.

Even the Zhao royal family is useless...

Objectively speaking, the only people who can have an effect on Zhao Si and improve him now are those from Qin's clan.

For example, some good saint-grandson or something like that...

As for the rest, they are purely side effects.

Therefore, Zhao Si did not get to the bottom of the matter, but chose to change the topic.

"Everything is fate. You can't control anything. It's a privilege to be here today. The eldest son doesn't need to worry about it." Zhao Si said with a smile.

Fusu Wenqin understood the elegant meaning and knew that Zhao Si did not want to talk more, so he changed the topic tacitly.

"I have heard of your name long ago in Longxi. Nowadays, the world is suffering. The common people can only ask for two meals a day. The world depends on you to have enough food. Even the great victory in Shangjun depends on the precious horse you made. "Gu, the people in Shangjun are having a hard time..." Fusu sighed.

"I have long heard that the eldest son is kind, resolute and brave, and now I finally get to meet him..."

Zhao Si is not good at interpersonal communication. Faced with Fusu's praise, Zhao Si chose business mutual praise.

Fusu was quite talkative, chatting all over the world, talking about people's livelihood, asking about the Five Grains Garden, and the Air Trade and Military Administration. The conversation between Zhao Si and Fusu in the car was very comfortable.

How did you say that?When you feel very comfortable talking to someone about anything, it means that the other person's emotional intelligence is not at the same level as yours.

But objectively speaking, Fusu deserves to be the most outstanding child of the First Emperor.

No wonder Fusu has such a high reputation in the world.

When it comes to military affairs and farming, Fusu talks clearly and clearly, not just from a script. Zhao Si can tell that Fusu has really grown crops and cultivated crops himself, at least he has carefully observed and studied them at close range.

When it comes to people's livelihood, Fusu is still clear-headed and can explain the key points of the situation in various parts of the world in a simple and easy-to-understand manner, and Zhao Si can feel Fusu's broadmindedness.

Fusu was very kind to the common people in the world. Fusu was worthy of the name of a benevolent gentleman. In order to concentrate the imperial power, He Shihuang treated the people of the world as tools. Fusu indeed treated the common people of the world as real people. .

Whether they are from Lao Qin or from the Six Kingdoms.

Zhao Si probably understood the reason for the conflict between Fusu and the First Emperor, and also probably understood why Fusu always insisted on the feudal system.

Fusu had many emotions that should not belong to the king.

He is so kind that all brothers regard him as their leader and treat each other sincerely.

As the people of the world lived in dire straits due to the cruel Qin law, the enfeoffment system naturally became the best solution to realize Fusu's ambitions and personal emotions.

He can entrust his trusted brothers to help him rule the four poles, lift the restrictions on the common people in the world, and implement the policy of villagers' self-government...

As for the enfeoffment system, Zhao Si is no longer new to it. In this era when the enfeoffment system has just died out, Zhao Si has many channels to come into contact with this system. To be honest, this system is not a very wrong policy.

It’s just that my understanding as a modern person in my previous life was too superficial.

In the previous life, I was exposed to a lot of news, but most of it was wrong news. Even hypocritical remarks were popular, and there were many misunderstandings about the enfeoffment system.

The real enfeoffment system is to give you one or two hundred soldiers and some necessary rations, weapons and food, draw you on the map in areas where the Yi and Di are active and difficult to control, and let you start your own business.

In the Shang Dynasty of the Western Zhou Dynasty, in addition to the clan and loyal ministers, all feudal ministers received this treatment.

The clan of the Qin State worked hard to rescue the Emperor of Zhou before they could be enfeoffed for their merits. The Emperor of Zhou gave the territory of Xirong to the State of Qin with a wave of his hand.

To put it bluntly, it is to give you a name to start your own business. It is nonsense to expect others to seal their territory to you.

From the Qin Dynasty to this day, except for the reputation given by Emperor Zhou, it is not an exaggeration to say that he started from scratch.

After the Han Dynasty took over the Qin Dynasty and established itself, it also coexisted with feudal states and prefectures. Therefore, the Han Dynasty and the Qin Dynasty took a different destiny.

To be honest, there are many people who can see the shortcomings in the country, including Fusu. The First Emperor almost relied on his personal prestige to enforce it. Everything has proved that the First Emperor's steps were a bit too big. The official documents of the State of Qin were almost equivalent to a piece of paper when they came out of Guanzhong. A blank piece of paper, so Qin Shihuang had to personally patrol the world in the second half of his life to calm people's hearts.

Qin Shihuang did not fail to see the general trend, but Qin Shihuang was too confident. He believed that he could reverse the general trend.

It is a pity that the First Emperor died suddenly and ended in failure. However, it is obvious that as a pioneer, what the First Emperor did brought great inspiration to the Han Dynasty. If the First Emperor had closed his eyes and found a way, right After trying all the wrong ones, the unification of the Han Dynasty may not be so smooth.

And Fusu is a typical conservative.

But in the traditional sense, Fusu is definitely a role model for people. As far as Zhao Si was in contact with him for a short time, at least he was more than ten blocks away from Hu Hai.

Chatting all the way, we drove straight to the palace!

Although the First Emperor did not explain it specifically, Zhao Si knew that the eldest son who had been the most outstanding in so many years would definitely want to see him like this when he came back for the first time.

As for why the First Emperor did not tell Zhao Si to directly drag Fusu into the palace, the reason is also very simple. He was angry with his eldest son.

The father-son conflict between the First Emperor and Fusu was actually very simple. One was overconfident, and then the overconfident king found that his son was not confident, and he always poured cold water on himself, thinking that he could not do it.

What father can accept such a question?Fusu was not demoted to a commoner, it was because of the great fatherly love of the First Emperor.

Of course, dragging Fusu straight to the palace was not something Zhao Si made on his own.

As the son of the First Emperor, Fusu should pay homage to his father as soon as he returned to Xianyang. This was etiquette and rule. "Your Majesty Tongbing, I have been ordered to welcome the eldest son back. The eldest son has come to pay his respects to your majesty."

When they arrived at the palace ban, the carriage could not pass. Zhao Si stopped the car on a familiar road, and then spoke to the official guarding the palace ban.

"Your Majesty has already told me that there is no need for further communication when your Majesty comes in today."

The halberd-bearing officer raised his eyes and saw that it was Zhao Si. He saluted and replied immediately. Then he found Fusu next to Zhao Si and hurriedly saluted again.

Zhao Si was stunned when he heard this. The First Emperor was really thinking about his eldest son, but his resentment towards Fusu was too much.

He specifically explained that when he entered the palace today, he could drive straight in without having to go through the ceremony. Just kidding, Zhao Si didn't have to go through the ceremony when entering the palace.

The reason why I told him this was simply because Zhao Si's mission today was to pick up the son of the First Emperor, and he told him specifically because of his eldest son, Fusu.

But even though he was explaining to his great son Fusu, he didn't mention Fusu at all, only Zhao Si, making it clear that this connotation is about Fusu...

Fusu was not a fool, so how could he not understand the meaning?

"Zhao Qing is so close to his father..." Fusu San smiled and walked into the palace with Zhao Si.

After entering the palace, Fusu was quite emotional.

He has left Xianyang for a long time.

And he no longer lived in the palace as early as Xianyang.

He is the eldest son, but not the prince. In theory, apart from being the eldest son, he is no different from other princes. He has to live outside the palace and have his own separate mansion.

Only after the crown prince is confirmed, can the crown prince be qualified to live in a hidden residence.

Later, when he went to Shangjun, Fusu had no chance to enter the palace again. Therefore, after returning for the first time after so many years, everything in the palace seemed a bit strange.

Due to several renovations in the palace, Fusu couldn't tell the road in the palace and could only follow Zhao Si side by side.

There are no palace people to guide the way, and Zhao Si does not need palace people to guide the way. For Zhao Si, entering the palace is almost the same as going home. To put it bluntly, Zhao Si can almost draw the map of the palace by hand. At present, Nuo Si Among the large palaces, Zhao Si was probably the only one who had not been there, where the women and their families lived.

The eldest son of the Qin Dynasty and the future crown prince did not know the way, but Zhao Si, a foreign minister, walked very fast. Fusu realized this, in addition to lamenting that Zhao Si had indeed won the trust of his father, he also felt a little sad in his heart.

Zhao Si walked very fast, but Fusu walked very slowly. As a last resort, Zhao Si slowed down.

To be honest, Fusu's mood had begun to fluctuate inexplicably since entering the palace.

As the saying goes, this is nothing more than timidity when you are close to home!
It has been many years since Fusu was demoted to Longxi because of his conflict with the First Emperor. Now that he is entering the palace, he feels longing, sadness, joy, fear, and a whole host of emotions, mixed with a bit of guilt.

"Zhao Qing... How is your father's health now?" Fusu walked slowly, his voice filled with inexplicable emotions.

"Health? Don't worry, your majesty is in good health!" Zhao Si was stunned for a moment and replied with a smile.

This was the first time Fusu asked about the health of the First Emperor along the way. Both father and son were born in the year of donkey. In terms of stubbornness, no one loses to the other, but after all, they are still father and son, not bitter enemies.

"Just be healthy, just be healthy." Fusu forced a smile on his face.

Fusu felt guilty about the First Emperor, thinking about the declining health of the First Emperor when he left, thinking about the dispute between himself and his father and the First Emperor's care for state affairs, plus Meng Yi's letter about the First Emperor's serious illness in the sand dunes last year, Fusu I'm not very optimistic at heart.

After all, his father has been in poor health for a long time.

And it’s still so hard now that I’m over 50 years old.

When a person reaches this age, he begins to decline. However, because of his stubbornness, he left Xianyang when he should serve his father the most, and he has not been able to return until now.

Thinking of this, Fusu felt even more guilty and uneasy.

Confucianism originally emphasized filial piety, and Fusu was naturally filial, otherwise Hu Hai would not have resolutely committed suicide because of the imperial edict.

Obviously, there is no conflict between stubbornness and filial piety.

Zhao Si could feel the change in Fusu's mood, but after all, what was supposed to come would always come, and it was not Zhao Si who was in a complicated mood.

Zhao Si stayed in Xianyang City every day, eating and chatting with the First Emperor to keep in good health. They were on good terms.

Although it is very immoral, Zhao Si is just like a man in the melon field now, just waiting to see what kind of scene will pop up when these extremely stubborn father and son meet.

As they marched closer and closer, the general layout of the palace remained unchanged. Fusu recognized that the palace in front of him was the daily office of the First Emperor, and he subconsciously stopped at the door.

Zhao Si walked to the gate and stopped when he saw that Fusu did not follow.

Fusu stopped with a complicated look on his face, straightened his clothes carefully and then said, "Qing Zhao, is there anything rude?"

Zhao Si shook his head.

Fusu nodded silently and strode across the palace gate.

And inside the palace...in the study.

The First Emperor was in a daze looking at the memorials piled up in front of him.

He was handling official duties on a daily basis, but today it was obvious that he was not in the right mood and his work speed was not very good.

After stroking the shiny globe that Zhao Si gave to him for a few times, he found it boring. The First Emperor threw down his pen on the case and fell into deep thought.

Shaoqing, footsteps sounded.

The First Emperor subconsciously picked up the writing brush on the desk, straightened his posture, and started to deal with government affairs again. A familiar voice and a familiar yet unfamiliar voice sounded outside.

"Minister Zhao Si, see Your Majesty!"

"My son, Fu Su, comes to see my father. Is my father in good health?"

When the First Emperor heard the sound, the tip of his pen trembled slightly, but he did not reply. The brush just paused slightly, and he started writing again, but he did not write anything. The ink spread on the paper, and a thick black ink stained the entire paper. memorial.

"Get up..."

The First Emperor glanced down, placed the brush gently on the desk, raised his head, and looked calmly at the big boy standing upright in front of him!
(End of this chapter)