My son, Fusu, please abdicate the first emperor!

After Meng Yi became the prime minister, he needed to avoid suspicion due to state affairs, so he lived separately from Meng Tian at an early stage.

Besides, the Qin State had enacted a law that required children to separate and live separately when they grew up and started their own families.

If even his own people were like this, how could Meng Yi, the imperial governor, not set an example?

But after the court session today, Meng Yi could no longer sit still.

Time flies. Those handsome men who were once full of vigor and vitality now have long beards and have entered the busiest stage of their lives - middle age.

There are national affairs in front and family behind.

In state affairs, there are the king and prime minister above, and the officials and subjects below.

In terms of family affairs, there are father, brothers, uncles and aunts above, and wives, concubines and children below.

Everything needs to be taken care of by yourself. Everything is important, it's just a matter of priority.

Uncles, aunts, wives, children, brothers, family members and friends are of course all your relatives, just divided into different levels of closeness.

As high-ranking officials of the empire, who among people like Meng Yi does not have a heavy burden on their shoulders?
When you encounter things, you must prioritize them; when you meet people, you must prioritize their closeness or distance.

Everything must be done from the details, this is the principle his father taught him.

Today, Qin II's action went against his original words and even his promise to his subjects. This was a bad day for Meng Yi.

After all, Qin II was still the object of his loyalty. Although Meng Yi expressed dissatisfaction on the surface, he was more or less on his side in his heart. When something like this happened, he came to find his brother first. Although he knew it was useless, he really couldn't help it.

Meng Tian had known that Meng Yi would come, and had prepared an extra seat for him.

Meng Yi had not expected that so many people had come to the Prime Minister's Mansion. Even the two Feng brothers, Feng Jie and Feng Jing, had come here.

The Meng Mansion is really lively today.

Meng Tian was appointed prime minister the year before last.

Wang Wan was old, and sometimes he could not remember the words when he picked up the pen. At first, he wanted to persist. It was not because Wang Wan was greedy for power, but because he always felt that he was too weak in the past, which led to him wasting a lot of time.

If he had been tougher on Qin Shi Huang, would the outcome have been different?

Wang Wan always felt that he was ashamed of Qin Shihuang and his people.

He always felt that if he had been tougher at the beginning, perhaps he would not have been asked to go home by Qin Shihuang, and the empire would not have had those absurd five years at the beginning.

Li Si and Zhao Gao would not have joined forces to bring chaos to the empire.

So even if his body couldn't take it, this old man Wang Wan actually planned to rely on his willpower and faith to handle all the important affairs of the court one by one.

It's just a pity.

Although Wang Wan had this ambition, at that time he had lost the right time, place and people.

The ministers had gradually been subdued by Qin II's combination of magic, sorcery and power, and he had lost his role as the backbone.

Moreover, Qin II was like the rising sun. Not only was he still some time away from reaching his prime, but Wang Wan's situation was deteriorating day by day.

Under such circumstances, Wang Wan's situation was very unfavorable.

People tend to get tired of the old and love the new.

This is nature.

Men always like young and ignorant girls of seventeen or eighteen years old, while women like strong and healthy men of twenty-seven or twenty-eight years old.

No one likes old people.

Not only do they always smell like old people, but every time I think of them, I feel troubled because their health is getting worse and worse, and they are getting older and older, and even their poop and urine have become a big problem.

For adults, this is a huge burden.

Since ancient times, many elderly people have not been treated well.

Because most parents do not have a good ending, they always like to talk about filial piety, as if this can solve the problem. In fact, it is just deceiving themselves.

For example, a certain Eastern country advocates governing the world with filial piety. The more you taste it, the more delicious it becomes.

Everyone dislikes old people and thinks they have too many things to do.

Even if he is an emperor, he cannot avoid this hurdle.

The emperor not only likes young and beautiful girls, but also likes men who are capable and good-looking. He likes young people like him.

He is definitely not the old man who could spit on the collar of his clothes in the court.

However, Wang Wan is such an old man, he speaks incoherently and reacts several beats slow.

Although he could always use his experience and years of habits to help himself solve problems, after a long time, everyone began to dislike Wang Wan.

Yes, it’s not that everyone hates Wang Wan, but everyone has started to dislike this old man.

The first person to dislike Wang Wan was Ying Zheng, the person to whom Wang Wan devoted the most effort. The second were the students and guests whom Wang Wan treated well on a daily basis.

One by one, the retainers stabbed Wang Wan in the back and ran to the Meng Mansion, the Feng Mansion, and the new celebrities of the empire.

Next came the disciples, who began to dislike Wang Wan.

They were not convinced by following this old man every day. It was as if these young people would never grow old. Anyway, they were not convinced by this old man who could barely walk.

They felt that there was a strange atmosphere in the Prime Minister's Mansion, with old people with gloomy moods holding great power, while vigorous young people were ordered around and tortured to the point of having no energy left.

When the former disciples grew up, they saw that Wang Wan always "stayed" in that position, and they all began to rebel and feel fed up.

Without waiting for Qin II to bring it up, those disciples promoted by Wang Wan stood up first and discussed Wang Wan, hoping to oust him from office.

If you want to know the reason, it's because Wang Wan was too good to them.

Wang Wan taught them a lot and put them in a high position.

In the eyes of these people, Wang Wan was naturally the easiest to bully.

So, this group of people united and kicked Wang Wan out as soon as possible.

The person who deposed Wang Wan was the disciple whom Wang Wan had once placed high hopes on.

Because it was these people, and only these people, who had been with Wang Wan the longest, and who understood him best and were closest to him. They knew all of Wang Wan's weaknesses, and who Wang Wan had offended...

Therefore, they were most likely to put Wang Wan to death.

So when Wang Wan was about to die, the people who came to visit him were not his former favorite students, but those marginal people whom Wang Wan had once looked down upon.

Wang Wan had been a teacher for a long time and had taught many good students.

It’s just that everything is interdependent and mutually exclusive. Since we have produced some excellent students, there must naturally be some very poor students as well.

In Wang Wan's eyes, these people came from poor families, had poor talents, and did not know how to deal with people. They just talked nonsense every day and could not even speak elegant language.

However, when Wang Wan was seriously ill, it was these people who came to visit him.

In the past, Wang Wan loved to scold people like them the most.

Wang Wan also had times when he was in a bad mood, and other disciples were reluctant to scold him, or some could not scold him at all, so they could only scold these scraps.

In the past, these unpromising students, because of their low official positions, some did not do well and even turned to engage in menial business, while others became teachers and were not worthy of entering the Prime Minister's Palace.

Now, Wang Wan is no longer the prime minister, nor does he have the power he once had, nor does he have those supporters anymore, and has completely fallen into a state of being ignored. His children and grandchildren are also because of Wang Wan's own integrity, which led to Wang Wan's loss of power. Even in a distant place, he was still working as a Qin official, which was equivalent to having no real power.

Then, a ridiculous scene happened.

When Wang Wan was old, they even asked his former students to pass a message to the emperor, allowing them to come back and serve their father.

How ridiculous.

What is the most numerous creature in the world?
The answer is: ungrateful.

Now that Wang Wan has no power or influence, even the servants in his family have begun to realize the decline of their family. In the past, they were the ones who looked down on others, but now, one by one, they have begun to treat people with respect.

In the past, some people did not even have the qualifications to curry favor with Wang Wan, and could not even get a number in the queue to enter the Prime Minister's Mansion.

Now, they, who are of humble status, can actually get a number and come to visit the teacher whom they admired so much in the past.

Although these students are often beaten, scolded and punished.

But only after they left the teacher did they realize that the teacher had been quite good to them in the past.

If they didn't have the skills taught by their teacher, they would be worthless after leaving the Prime Minister's Mansion and wouldn't even be able to eat a hot meal.

Survival is so cruel.

Wang Wan was lying on the sickbed. He felt quite ashamed when he saw that the person who came to see him was actually the student whom he once looked down upon.

As the saying goes, there is always a flaw in a perfect plan. Wang Wan thought he had done well in every aspect and felt he was very successful. But when he got older, he discovered that he was a biased person in the past.

It turned out that the people I once looked down upon were lining up to see me.

In his later years, Wang Wan played the piano, sang and drank tea with these students whom he once looked down upon...

This was his old age that he had not considered.

In this way, Prime Minister Wang Wan, who thought he was worthy of the empire and the two emperors, was abandoned by his "good students" when he was physically exhausted in his later years.

In fact, it was because Meng Tian became stronger and knew how to tolerate his subjects. When those ministers saw the newcomer, they naturally abandoned their teacher.

Now, these former favorite students of Wang Wan are surrounding Meng Tian.

Old Wang Wan, like a leaf shivering in autumn, curled up in her home waiting to wither at any time.

When Meng Yi arrived at Meng Tian's house and saw that his seat was filled with Wang Wan's former proud students, he naturally thought of the rumors that were being hotly discussed by the people on the streets of Xianyang.

Meng Yi is not as tolerant as Meng Tian. These traitors can actually become doctors.

Meng Yi squinted his eyes, strode over and sat down.

When the ministers saw Meng Yi, they became more respectful and their expressions more sincere.

The doctors bowed and saluted, and Meng Yi just glanced at them and returned the greeting.

He looked at his eldest brother and winked at him. He didn't understand how his eldest brother dealt with these people.

Upon seeing this, the doctors quickly stood up and said, "We have something else to do. We will take our leave first."

Meng Yi's eyes sparkled with stars, and he said with a big smile, "No thanks, no thanks."

When he came, his face looked as if covered with frost and snow, but now his face was filled with a persimmon-red look of joy.

Meng Tian was very surprised when he heard this. He naturally stood up and hurriedly stopped them, "Wait, wait, my husband has prepared food for you."

The doctors didn't dare to stay and they all pulled up their trousers and ran away.

People who usually wear a skirt with a long hem should walk slowly and steadily.

Today everyone is in a panic, as if they are being stared at by a wolf.

After Meng Tian's guests were driven away, he put away his previous friendly expression.

"What are you doing?" Meng Tian was anxious. "This is my home. How can you be so presumptuous as to drive away my guest?"

Meng Yi looked at the servants in the mansion, all looking at him and frowning, "Am I an outsider now?"

"You are." Meng Tian put his hands on his hips. "These people came to see me to boycott Zhou Qingchen. Their purpose is the same as yours."

"Just them?" Meng Yi expressed doubt. He picked up the teapot and poured himself some tea. When he looked at the teacup, he revealed his guilty conscience and uneasiness. If I had known they were here to talk about this, I might as well have kept them here for a while longer.

"You are too reckless."

"Zhou Qingchen is a man of few words. Even if a dog were the emperor, he would still be subservient to him."

Meng Tian's eyes widened. "Can you say something like that?"

"Why not? If you ask me, the most urgent thing is for everyone to unite and make His Majesty understand that letting Zhou Qingchen take charge of finances is like letting rats into a rice warehouse, and rats in droves, a huge group of rats."

Meng Tian just smiled as he listened, then said meaningfully, "Everyone praises you for being smart, but I think you are just so-so."

Only these words came from his own brother who suppressed him in the small town. If it were someone else, Meng Yi would definitely be furious.

"Brother, you are always like this. You always deny me."

Meng Tian's face darkened. "I told you to drive my guest away. This is my guest."

Meng Yi immediately behaved obediently, "I just happened to be very angry today."

"Humph - by chance? Today? Just? Every time you come here, my house is in chaos."

Meng Tian's face was dark. If it weren't for the fact that Meng Yi was his brother, he would have kicked Meng Yi out long ago.

Meng Yi became even less irritated as he watched Meng Tian furious.

Upon seeing this, the servants in the mansion sensibly left the room and closed the door.

Meng Yi took off his outer robe, picked up the roasted lamb leg and started eating it in big mouthfuls.

This place is like his own home.

"Actually, since these people came to me for begging today, it would be a good idea for you to drive them away." Meng Tian suddenly said this.

"What!?" Meng Yi was surprised. "Then you blame me and say that I ruined your plan."

Meng Tian looked at Meng Yi and said, "It is very rude to drive away guests."

"It's just that you hit the jackpot by accident."

"It would be right not to go at this time. Let Zhou Qingchen become even more lawless."

Meng Yi frowned, "Isn't this raising a tiger to cause trouble?"

Meng Tian said, "But if tigers don't harm people, how can we justify killing them?"

"Soldiers who, deception also."

“To get is to let it go. If you want to get your prey, you must first let it relax its guard.”

"He has so many corrupt officials under his command, and no one has ever been able to catch them."

"This time, maybe it's a good opportunity to catch them all in one fell swoop." (End of this chapter)