My son, Fusu, please abdicate the first emperor!

Chapter 851 Family and national affairs.

Zhang Cang stared at Shao Ping with eyes wide open. At this moment, Shao Ping no longer had any composure at all.

"If you are a human, don't be a dog. If you are a dog, just bark."

Shao Ping stood on tiptoe and shouted loudly, his face red and neck thick.

But Shao Ping's shouting was of no use, as "weapons" continued to come from the air and hit the two men's heads.

This time, without waiting for Zhang Cang to say anything, Shao Ping directly picked up the sandbag and threw it back to the other side.

But the two sides seemed to be competing with each other. Not only did the other side not stop after hearing the shouting and cursing, but when he saw the sandbag being thrown back, he threw it back again.

Shao Ping was puzzled, "Who is this person? How could he be so presumptuous?"

Zhang Cang stamped his feet and said, "Who in the palace is so bold? How dare you attack me? I will tell His Majesty."

When Shao Ping heard this, he hurriedly grabbed the corner of Shao Ping's clothes.

"It's just a trivial matter, not worth mentioning. Your Majesty is ill, how can I trouble you for such a trivial matter?"

"A small matter? You actually said this is a small matter? This is the Xianyang Palace. Someone actually openly tried to assassinate me. Although I, Zhang Cang, have never thought highly of myself, I am the Minister of Agriculture of the empire after all. How can such a big thing be considered a small matter?"

"No, I have to find this person today."

Zhang Cang picked up the corner of his clothes and went to the other side to look for someone in a menacing manner.

Normally, there are guards patrolling back and forth in the palace.

It just so happened that for some reason today, all the guards on duty in this area disappeared.

Zhang Cang felt that there were serious problems with the governance of the Xianyang Palace, and the reason must be the emperor.

Because the upper beam is crooked, the lower beam will become crooked.

Zhang Cang walked quickly and went around the wall to catch the person who was trying to assassinate him.

"Who, who?"

As Zhang Cang stepped into the garden gate, he saw from afar two people throwing sandbags towards the other side of the wall.

"Who?"

The familiar voice made the two people standing by the wall pause, and they turned around and looked at Zhang Cang.

Zhang Cang saw the other person's face clearly, and he was also quite surprised.

"Why are you guys here?"

Shao Ping followed behind and when he saw who it was, he breathed a sigh of relief.

It turns out that the people who attacked Zhang Cang were Feng Jing and Guan Fu.

After seeing Feng Jing and Guan Fu's faces clearly, Zhang Cang's arrogance was immediately extinguished as if he was poured with a bucket of cold water.

"General Feng, you're back?!"

"I completed the task of reorganizing the army ahead of schedule, and returned to the palace to report."

Zhang Cang looked at the sandbags on the ground and felt bad in his heart, it turned out that it was you who did this.

However, this kid wouldn't have followed the emperor's orders and deliberately made trouble for me to retaliate against me.

At this time, Guan Fu stood up and asked, "You two just came from the corridor. Did you see anyone throwing sandbags?"

Zhang Cang's face darkened. "What's wrong?"

"What's wrong?! There are bad guys in this palace. Feng Jing and I were just throwing a sandbag, but we were ambushed. We were even called dogs. Isn't that infuriating?"

Feng Jing also had a dark face and clenched his fists.

"Yes, it's so rude. This is an important place in the palace, and someone threw sandbags maliciously. What if someone gets hurt?! I have been working in Xianyang Palace for so many years, and this is the first time I have encountered such a thing."

"Don't let me catch these two. If I catch them, I will definitely send them to jail."

Feng Jing yelled.

Shao Ping and Zhang Cang naturally looked at each other.

Zhang Cang couldn't help thinking, these two people must have discussed this beforehand. I won't be fooled.

"Well, they were just two guards who were bored and happened to be playing around. I just gave them a good scolding."

Feng Jing scratched his head, "That's really too good for them, they actually called us dogs."

Shao Ping said quickly, "Forget it, forget it. Your Majesty is ill, it's better to have less trouble than more."

Then Shao Ping winked at Guan Fu.

Guan Fu asked hurriedly, "Shao Shangshu, are you cross-eyed? Why do you keep blinking at me?"

Shao Ping's mind went blank. "I..."

Zhang Cang looked at Shao Ping. Since just now, he felt that Shao Ping always behaved strangely.

"I guess I am really sick."

Feng Jing asked with concern, "Is it because you serve His Majesty that you are infected? I heard that His Majesty's disease is contagious, so he does not allow ministers to enter."

Zhang Cang listened, half believing and half doubting, "Really?"

The emperor was so kind. Did I misunderstand him?

"I heard it from someone too." Feng Jing looked at Guan Fu, "Guan Fu, what do you think?"

"Your Majesty is just in poor health, not that many problems. The doctor told me so himself, and also told me not to make it public. What I have to do now is to guard the palace gates and prevent those tigresses from coming in."

Guan Fu spoke without reservation, with a look of pride on his face, and then looked at his sword with great pride.

The three of them looked at Guan Fu, wanting to say something but stopping themselves, and finally they all sighed helplessly.

"Your Majesty once said that the person who invented General Guan Fu was a genius. It's true." Shao Ping was so scared that he broke out in a cold sweat. He didn't expect that it would be a false alarm in the end.

To be honest, the person who invented Guan Fu is a genius.

After he said this, he seemed unaware that he had said something wrong. It was just because of Guan Fu's words that everyone knew how the emperor became seriously ill, and Zhang Cang also confirmed his guess.

"As I expected, I knew he was a man who valued women over the country."

Feng Jing thought that everyone knew that Qin II had been a face-conscious person since he was young, so he could do anything except lose face.

It’s better to pretend that I didn’t hear about this.

Shao Ping just took a deep breath. He felt that the emperor's reputation was very important. It would be better not to mention such things as they would damage the emperor's reputation.

Zhang Cang was different. He planned to give some suggestions to the emperor.

But looking at the expressions of Feng Jing and Shao Ping, Zhang Cang felt that he might have to fight alone again.

Zhang Cang had learned a lesson from the court long ago, and he vowed to correct his faults, learn to be tolerant and make appropriate compromises, otherwise he might really lose his head next time.

Moreover, although Zhang Cang had only held the position of Minister of Agriculture for a few months, he knew his own situation and the state of agriculture and economy in Qin.

How many people want to pull him down from this position.

If I offend the emperor because of something like this, wouldn't that be playing right into the hands of those villains?
How abominable.

When did the court become so corrupt that it would require a minister like him to dance in shackles?

But now that things have come to this, there is nothing he can do.

Mrs. Xiong was not a good person either. It was said that the daughter born to Chen Ping and Mrs. Xiong was engaged to her because Mrs. Xiong wanted to support Chen Ping. The relationship here was really complicated.

I have already offended too many people. If I cause trouble again because of something like this, the emperor probably won't be willing to help me anymore.

Zhang Cang's dry lips opened slightly, and then closed with a lonely look.

Shao Ping looked at Zhang Cang like this and said only four words, "The overall situation is more important."

Feng Jing used to dislike Zhang Cang because he was in a low position and didn't understand why Zhang Cang was always acting crazy.

But looking at Zhang Cang again now, I feel that Zhang Cang is a man of great integrity. He is willing to give so much for some irrelevant people. He didn't have to do certain things at all, but he gave a lot for the vitality of the people.

Feng Jing also sat in a relatively high position. He knew that the position was hard-earned, so he was very careful about his reputation and was afraid of offending the emperor.

But Zhang Cang didn't care about these at all.

He was just the son of a man without any background, yet he could achieve this. And Feng Jing had a huge family behind him, with a sister as the queen and a nephew as the crown prince, but he still trembled for the official position...

It’s really humbling to think about it.

No wonder he was so favored by the emperor in the past.

Guan Fu felt very uncomfortable when he saw Zhang Cang hesitate to speak.

"Does the Minister of Agriculture have anything to say? I can pass it on to His Majesty."

Guan Fu has always been enthusiastic.

Zhang Cang looked at Guan Fu and suddenly felt moved.

But he could only wave his hand and said, "I hope Your Majesty will be healthy soon. I respectfully welcome Your Majesty to return to the court to govern the country."

"Okay. I'll definitely pass it on." Guan Fu patted his chest and promised.

The three of them watched Zhang Cang leave, and each of them had a look of worry for Zhang Cang on their face.

To be honest, Xianyang Palace, as the political center of the world, is actually in the eye of the storm. People in Xianyang Palace are far away from most of the troubles in the world.

Not only will they basically not be affected by wars and the lack of guarantee of their basic interests, they may occasionally suffer from the cold, but they will never starve to death.

This was the Warring States Period, when natural disasters and man-made calamities occurred frequently. Anyone who could work in the Xianyang Palace must have had a very wealthy family.

However, as ministers, the situation of inner ministers is much better than that of outer ministers. They hardly have to fight among themselves and are only responsible to the emperor. They will never have to be like Zhang Cang, who has to serve the emperor above and the people below, and has to fight against ministers.

Especially as an eunuch, one can avoid many secondary disasters caused by political struggles.

If a court official fell, the leaders of a county, several towns and even villages would fall behind him.

This would not be the case with the eunuchs, because their downfall would only happen under one condition, that is, the master of the empire would be replaced.

People like Shao Ping, Guan Fu, and Chen Ping were all protected by the umbrella of the emperor's power. They were the only ones who could play with their subjects, but their subjects had no chance to play with them.

Zhang Cang was truly a gentleman. He had no background or backing. He was a minister in the court, relying entirely on his own strength and the vague protection of Qin II.

If he had not been determined to defend the rights of the people, he would have turned against them and bowed to the cruel reality.

Shao Ping naturally sympathized with Zhang Cang, but he also had his shortcomings. He claimed to be a gentleman, and there were many things he could not do and could not do. He was afraid that he would never be able to do such a thing as quarreling with others over silver until his death.

Shao Ping watched Zhang Cang leave and couldn't help but slap himself.

I am a flawed person myself, so how can I give advice to Zhang Cang, who carries such a huge responsibility?

How can I have the nerve to correct him and ask him to correct himself?

The more Shao Ping thought about it, the more ashamed he felt for his behavior. Of course, from this time on, Zhang Cang in Shao Ping's mind was no longer the bad-mouthed Censor Zhang, but the Minister of Agriculture of the Qin Empire.

The Minister of Agriculture who is in charge of economy and agriculture.

Guan Fu watched Zhang Cang leave and just smiled and said, "The Minister of Agriculture is a very good person. He has been with Your Majesty for more than ten years and has always been consistent."

Feng Jing looked at Guan Fu and bumped into his broad, solid chest. "Why are you so literary all of a sudden?"

Zhang Cang shaved off his sharp edges and corners, and made himself stronger and stronger. He would no longer be shattered at the slightest touch by the sharp tip of the sword.

And with this, another unique and powerful official was forced to be born due to the circumstances.

The laws of this world are constant. Only by discarding the old can we establish the new.

If Zhang Cang had not given up his concept of absolute justice and absolute ideals, he would not have been able to become a unique and famous minister and a loyal minister in the Qin court.

Zhang Cang was getting more and more understanding. In fact, he noticed something unusual in Shao Ping's behavior and knew that the emperor was probably not sick at all.

Considering the good progress made in the construction of Ecological Technology City by Xiang Li Che of the Mohist School in recent days, which had already spread in Xianyang City, Zhang Cang understood where the emperor had gone.

He wasn't going to expose it.

On the way home, Zhang Cang smiled bitterly. When he reached the door of his house, he saw from afar that the servants' faces were filled with fear and panic when they saw him. He knew that his wife had done something earth-shattering again.

Zhang Cang's heart skipped a beat.

After entering the door, Zhang Cang took a few steps and saw a corpse on the ground, wrapped in a torn mat.

Zhang Cang's hands shook violently, but what could he do?

He was filled with guilt and helplessness towards this concubine.

But what could he do? He could only use his own money to bury her and appease her family. However, her family did not love her and happily took the money and went home to buy meat.

As a result, Zhang Cang felt more and more pity for his concubine, because he saw his own fate in her, and he felt more and more disgusted and hated his wife.

Zhang Cang's family affairs and state affairs were so closely connected, as if they shared a common fate, but their breathing frequencies were different.
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Two flowers bloom, one branch each.

There have been people in Xianyang city who, relying on their status as royal relatives, have been bullying others, colluding with this and contacting that for a long time.

It seemed as if the time had come when she would actually have bad luck.

In this world, walls always have ears. Somehow, the news that Xiong Rou seduced the monarch got out.

For a time, everyone pointed the finger at Changping Jun's daughter, Mrs. Xiong.

Not only were all of Mrs. Xiong's deeds in the palace exposed, but the news gradually spread to the countryside.

In short, everyone knew that there was a bad woman around the emperor.

The people are sometimes very simple and kind. When they hear that there is a bad woman around the emperor, the first thing they think of is to kill her.

They cursed and hoped that Xiong Rou would die quickly.

After all, Xiong Rou was the emperor's cousin and a member of the royal family. Therefore, she always acted arrogantly in the palace. No one dared to go against her, let alone say a word against her.

For so many years, he has been acting arrogantly and doing whatever he wants.

To be honest, the emperor couldn't do anything to her. He had no choice, since she was his cousin, if he sent her to the cold palace, many aunts, uncles and cousins ​​would stand up and scold him.

The emperor was also helpless when facing his relatives.

Who could have thought that Guan Fu would suddenly appear and go straight for Xiong Rou, almost saying her name.

This made Xiong Rou infamous for a while.

Xiong Rou knew to be wary of Queen Mother Zhao before. And now she has children, and her children are her weak spot.

Parents who love their children will plan long-term for them.

Xiong Rou wanted to pave the way for her children, and her noble blood was her strongest weapon, but reputation was also important. If she ruined her reputation, wouldn't her children also suffer?

(End of this chapter)