My son, Fusu, please abdicate the first emperor!

At this banquet, most people were very happy.

The aristocratic families had always had many criticisms about the emperor, so who could have thought that the emperor would give them such a reward at this time.

Zhang Xi took first place, and everyone knew it was because of Zhang Han.

The emperor regained his trust in Zhang Han, which was good news for most people.

Needless to say, Zhang Han's status, experience, changes, and nepotism with the ministers.

Zhang Xi's reinstatement as a general gave hope to the old ministers who had been excluded by Qin II.

Where there are people, there are rivers and lakes.

The world of martial arts is not about fighting and killing, it's about human relationships and worldly wisdom.

As long as the emperor is a smart person and understands this, he will not think of fighting alone.

Politics is the art of compromise.

Lu Ze was appointed as the commander of grain and fodder, responsible for managing grain and fodder.

It sounds like a low position, but it is real power after all.

Those aristocratic families naturally saw through Qin II's intentions.

Qin II wanted his own people to take power.

However, Qin II's actions also made everyone of them quite satisfied, and the aristocratic families gained status and wealth.

Both parties are very satisfied.

However, Xiong Rou was very dissatisfied with the promotion of Lu Ze and Lu Shizhi.

Fusu's behavior was like a slap in the face in front of everyone, and it took Xiong Rou a long time to recover.

Xiong Rou did not expect that the emperor not only did not believe in her, but instead gave the Lu brothers the power to supervise grain and fodder.

It is easiest to achieve achievements in departments with real power. If you have achievements, it will be easier to get promoted.

If you get promoted, you can enjoy a higher status, more resources, and more power. You can have more beautiful and younger women and give birth to more high-quality offspring.

It's just that when a dynasty is prosperous, the people of the aristocratic families are usually clear-headed, and the heads of the aristocratic families have a clear understanding of their children and grandchildren, and would never elevate those useless grandchildren to power.

Because they know very well that if they allow these bastards to come to power, the aristocratic families will be destroyed.

They would train their sons very strictly and let them compete brutally. In the end, the strongest and the winner would serve in the court and bring benefits to the family.

Those competitions were extremely brutal and no efforts were spared.

Even if his sons killed each other, do you think the father would feel sad? No, because it was inevitable.

This is the world we live in, where the strong prey on the weak. The depth and quality of relationships between people are not determined by blood ties.

If you are not ruthless enough, how can you shoulder the responsibility of the family?

But when a family is immersed in prosperity for a long time, all family members are bewitched by wealth and beauty, immersed in them, and forget the true face of the world.

That would be bad for this family.

If the heir is not chosen using strict methods, how can the affection and warmth of family be used to influence him? Tsk tsk, it will not stand the test.

This kind of family, first of all, cannot survive the change of dynasty. Once the dynasty changes, these unqualified heirs will be powerless to resist the change of dynasty, and the power struggle will cause the family to fall one by one.

Every time a dynasty changes, a large number of families that were dependent on the original aristocratic families will be destroyed.

How did those extremely poor families in Qin come about? Everyone says it’s because their ancestors didn’t work hard. But did their ancestors really not work hard?

no.

Is it possible that their ancestors were robbed by other people's ancestors in a very civilized way, and in order to rule them, all the property of these people was confiscated?

Well, without money or land, I can only rely on the little supplies provided by others to survive.

There are too many dirty things.

The world looks clean, but in fact it is full of dog shit and feces.

I saw a lot of people walking around, dressed in bright and beautiful clothes.

In fact, they are all people with shit in their brains, and they have never lived a clear life.

Is there truth in the world?
Of course there is, but can people accept it? If they can’t accept it, then they can only live in their own self-righteous fantasy.

When there are many people who cannot accept this, they will unite themselves, make up a set of rules for themselves, and live by them.

You can't get out of it in your lifetime.

In the false rules, we deceive ourselves every day.

Take today’s hunting competition, for example.

Could it be that anyone really thinks that the purpose and significance of this hunting competition is to thank God, thank the earth, and thank all living creatures for giving them meat to eat?

No one would think that all the competitions, contests and exams in this world are for the fair selection of talented people.

These things were originally invented by those who are in the position of rulers, and their purpose is naturally to protect their interests.

Why do some people always think that there is fairness in this world?

Why did Liu Ying die? Why did Fusu die? It was because they did not understand the nature of the world.

The powerful and wealthy can easily achieve their goals by simply giving small rewards and bribes to some officials.

Just find a little palace maid, she has no brains and only recognizes the big golden cake. Who will recognize your father Confucius, your country and the world? She will poison you to death in minutes.

It was just a little cheating during the hunting trip. The nobles were powerful and wealthy, so they had connections everywhere.

Lu Ze and Lu Shizhi were just a pair of honest brothers. They came in last and couldn't even get a number. They trembled in the crowd with nervous expressions, as if they had done something improper.

The two of them would probably never believe in their entire lives that everyone at the hunting ground that day was cheating.

The emperor shot an arrow, and the servants shouted, "Hit the target!" The emperor said, "How could I not see it?" The servants ran over crying and took out the animals they had prepared and tied up, stabbed them to death with arrows, and gave them to the emperor, just to make him happy.

Fusu on that day was the one who deserved the first place, but he gave the first place to Zhang Xi.

Ministers were busy trying to find backdoors for their sons. Under Lü Zhi's teachings, the palace officials and maids were all docile chickens on weekdays, but when they saw money, they all became bold lions.

Anyway, the key is who shoots the most prey, and if the crime is not discovered, it is not a crime.

After the hunting competition, everyone surrounded Fusu and shouted, "Long live the emperor."

"Your Majesty is wise and wise."

If Fusu didn't know that these people were all smiling tigers, smiling on the surface but wanting to kill him in their hearts, Fusu would have really believed them.

Feng Jie looked at the emperor who was surrounded by ministers, and then looked at his father, who had already taken off his shoes and was sitting on a mat in his socks eating fruit.

There were few people on my father's side, but on the emperor's side there were many wine cups held high.

Looking at his father's lonely back, Feng Jie admired his father from the bottom of his heart at that moment. There is no free lunch in this world.

All the gifts and gifts God gives you come at a price.

Feng Jie was thinking to himself, the court of Qin State is still the same as always. Nothing has changed.

Feng Jie looked at the Lu brothers and naturally stepped forward to congratulate them.

After all, the emperor entrusted the Lu brothers to their care, and he couldn't go against his will.

Moreover, the Lu brothers are very kind and will not easily betray their clan.

Now that things have developed to this point, Feng Jie has also learned to bow to reality.

The way to break the rules is to understand the rules and use them.

In Shanglin Garden, there was laughter, singing and dancing.

Inside the tent, there were clouds of ferocious beasts, and most people pretended to be supreme and righteous.

The Autumn Hunting Ceremony gave the ministers an opportunity. The noble families saw that the emperor had no intention of killing them all, but was willing to make peace with them. Some ministers were more shrewd and obeyed on the surface, but secretly they were still on guard against Fusu. However, some ministers completely regarded Fusu as a good man.

The ceremony ended quickly.

It can almost be said that everyone is happy and everyone gains something.

Everyone who participated in the Autumn Hunting Ceremony, even the small guards at the gate, received their own rewards this time.

Although the prizes were not generous, at least everyone felt that they would not suffer any loss by following Qin II.

Seeing that Qin II knew how to win them over and please them, the hearts of the aristocratic families were finally at peace.

Feng Quji could only watch secretly from the side. The emperor was using a soft knife to scrape off layer by layer, bit by bit. These aristocratic families, who had obtained such a title that came out of the blue, were afraid that they would be out of control from now on and would never think of working hard again.

At this time, Feng Quji had already seen that the future aristocratic families would be destroyed by themselves.

Similarly, he was horrified by the methods of the emperor he was loyal to, and inevitably worried about whether his descendants and grandchildren would be able to withstand Qin II after his death.

The ministers came out of Shanglin Garden happily and went back to their homes.

However, the emperor, who was sitting in the carriage, looked unhappy.

Because his original plan was to let Zhang Xi take advantage and get first place, while the Lu brothers would rely on their own abilities.

The result surprised him.

Everyone is cheating without any shame. I really don't know what the point of these people is on the battlefield.

But the emperor needed people right now, so he had no choice but to do this.

But he secretly kept in mind those people who cheated to become marquises today, so that when he planned something big in the future, he would never let these people participate.

When the emperor returned to the palace, he received another great news from the Ecological and Technological City.

The large waterwheel was built, and the Qin State’s first power system, the hydraulic propulsion system, was completely completed.

The importance of this power system is self-evident. It will set a precedent for solving the power problem of the industrial revolution of the Qin Empire.

Excluding humans, such motivation actually exists.

It's really exhilarating.

As soon as this huge hydraulic windmill and even the integrated windmill system came out, it attracted the attention of the people of Qin.

At this moment, the power of Qin State was growing day by day, and it was also the time when the power of those vassal states was the lowest. People all regarded themselves as Qin people. The so-called feudal state was nothing more than the residential address on their identity documents, while Qin was the real country in their minds.

At this time, the technological strength of the Qin Dynasty was gradually rising, and those vassal states naturally vied with each other to become Qin's brothers.

Originally, Princess Yin Man, Wang Ben's considerate wife, was not happy when she was ordered to return to Qin.

She wanted to be the local boss and had no sense of existence when she returned to the Xianyang Palace.

However, after seeing the daily changes in the Qin Dynasty's Xianyang City and the construction of an epoch-making civilized city like the Ecological and Technological City, her mentality also changed.

What is advanced, what is backward, what is good, and what is bad, in fact, everyone has a scale in their heart.

However, Lu Zhi did not go to the bridal chamber that day, but stayed at home to accompany her son.

Although the emperor did not care much about his son, Lu Zhi was determined to pave the way for her son. At the very least, her son must be able to become a prince in the future.

But she was playing with a rattle with her son when she heard her maid come to report, "General Lu and the prefect of Xianyang got sixth and seventh place in archery respectively today. His Majesty the Emperor has promoted them. From now on, the two generals will leave Xianyang and stay in the Lantian camp with the army to manage food and grass."

When Lu Zhi heard the news, she was unhappy again.

She had always thought that she and the emperor were just getting what they wanted, and she felt that she had made a great profit by marrying someone like Qin II, and that she had not lost anything at all. She was happy.

But she didn't want her two brothers to be involved.

"Politics is very dangerous. If I hadn't observed for a long time in the palace, I would never have dared to act rashly. My two brothers, how could you follow me into this muddy water?"

"Your Majesty's reforms may seem peaceful on the surface, but who knows how many people have died behind the scenes."

The siblings talked behind closed doors again, but this time Lu Zhen was not present.

Lu Ze said, "Why do you think I, Lu Ze, would be afraid of something that you are not afraid of?"

Lu Shizhi was already very flustered because it was his first time to cheat, and he got a high position by cheating.

He didn't dare to speak loudly these days for fear of causing dislike to others and making everyone unhappy. Mainly because he was afraid that his affairs would be discovered, and if trouble came, he would not be able to clean it up.

Lu Shizhi naturally followed his elder brother and shouted, "Me too."

Lu Ze added, "Some time ago, I tried to persuade my sister, but she just said that we two brothers were ignorant. But today, we did the same thing as she did, and she became worried."

Lu Zhi didn't say anything, her eyes were slightly red.

In fact, she realized that her two brothers did this to protect her.

When Lu Shizhi saw his sister's eyes turn red, he suddenly thought of his mother, "Being poor means death, and being rich means death. It's better to do something meaningful."

"Reform affects so many people who are in the same situation as we were in the past. If we can do these things well, even if we die, we will be remembered after death and bring blessings to future generations."

"Don't think that I am not very serious on weekdays, but I have always wanted to be a hero."

Lu Zhi listened and frowned.

"You are a hero. Your Majesty's Xianyang magistrate is already a worry. Can you handle guarding the grain this time?"

Lu Zhi earnestly explained the importance of the granary, but her two brothers were not afraid at all.

Until Lu Ze said something that made Lu Zhi's heart tremble, "A gentleman will die for his friend."

The same was true for Lu Zhi. If the emperor was not Fusu, she would not have been willing to go through wind and rain and do so many things for him.

Perhaps to the two brothers, Qin II means the same thing to them as does himself. Your Majesty can make them both feel the meaning and value of their existence.

Who wouldn't like a king who lets his subjects take their proper place? (End of this chapter)