Diqin Designer

Chapter 17 Father and Son (Fusu)

After a long while, Meng Yi finally replied: "Your Majesty, I believe what this person said is true!"

"Tell me!"

Meng Yi said: "First, after this person appeared in the palace, he never had any contact with Prince Fusu and the Minister of the Imperial Chariots. Guo Zongguan and the eunuchs and palace maids would not tell him these things. How did he know about Prince Fusu and Prince Huhai?"

"The second is that the things he said were well-organized and clear, and they didn't seem to be fabricated to frame Master Hu Hai and the Minister of the Imperial Chariots. The third is these strange objects, such as this mobile phone and power bank, which are extraordinary and cannot be made by the Seven Kingdoms."

Ying Zheng said: "Perhaps he already knew about it when he was away and made it up?"

Meng Yi nodded: "Your Majesty's words make sense, it is indeed possible, but why did he tell us about the potatoes? If the potato production is true, it will make our Great Qin more prosperous. If he is hostile to the Great Qin, he will never tell us about the potatoes."

Ying Zheng said: "The potato incident is also his one-sided story. Who knows whether it is true or not? Let's wait and see. If he dares to deceive me, I will deal with him!"

After saying this, Ying Zheng said: "What happened today cannot be told to outsiders. If I know who leaked the secret, I will kill all three clans!"

The words were spoken calmly, but Meng Yi and the guards in the palace were shocked and quickly responded, "Don't worry, Your Majesty. Even if we die, we will never reveal a single word!"

Ying Zheng nodded, picked up the bamboo slip that had just been rolled up, stared at the names on it, and calmly ordered: "Check Prince Hu Hai, the Minister of the Imperial Chariots Zhao Gao, the Imperial Court Justice Li Si, the Doctor Chunyu Yue..."

Ying Zheng believed that a person would not change suddenly. Even if he hid it well before the incident, there would be traces left behind.

Just like Hu Hai had always been a sensible, thoughtful and well-behaved child in front of him, but after he succeeded to the throne, who would have thought that he would be so cruel.

This kind of brutal character was not developed overnight. There were definitely traces of it in daily life, but it was concealed so well by Hu Hai that he didn't notice it.

Another example is Zhao Gao. He is like a loyal and obedient dog in front of him. If he is told to go east, he will not dare to go west. If he is told to catch fish, he will not chase chickens.

But after his death, this bastard actually turned against his master, and colluded with Li Si and Hu Hai to forge his will, and even staged a show of calling a horse a deer in the Qin court.

This kind of arrogance and audacity certainly did not form in a short period of time!

He now wants someone to investigate these people's clues and determine whether they are likely to do what Li Nian said after his death.

As long as he judges it is possible, he will deal with these people without the need for conclusive evidence.

What if this method is used incorrectly?
It's wrong, so it's wrong. It's just the loss of a son and some ministers. As long as it can eliminate the hidden dangers for his Qin Dynasty, what's wrong with that?
After issuing the decree, Ying Zheng looked outside the palace. He was Li Nian, who had been summoned in the morning, but it was already afternoon. He asked, "Mr. Meng, would you like to go out with me for a walk?"

Meng Yi was stunned. Where does the king want to go?
But since the king had invited him, how could the loyal Meng Yi refuse? He immediately said, "I am willing to follow the king!"

Under the protection of Meng Yi and a group of guards, Ying Zheng walked out of the palace. He said he was going out for a walk, but in fact he was just walking around the palace.

Not long after walking, Meng Yi guessed Ying Zheng's purpose: "This direction, the king is going to visit Prince Fusu?"

Meng Yi understood that although what Li Nian said could not be proven true or false, it still had a great impact on the king, making the king think that he owed Prince Fusu. After all, in the history that Li Nian described, Prince Fusu died, and part of the reason was the king.

If Your Majesty had not ordered Prince Fusu to go to Shangjun and leave Your Majesty's side, he would not have been murdered by Hu Hai, Zhao Gao, Li Si and others.

If it wasn't Prince Hu Hai who succeeded to the throne, but Prince Fusu who ascended the throne smoothly, the Qin Dynasty might not have perished in the second generation...

As they walked, they had already arrived at the palace where Fusu lived. Fusu had been waiting outside the palace for a long time. When he saw Ying Zheng coming, he immediately bowed and said, "Fusu greets father!"

Fusu means trees, which comes from "The Book of Songs. Zheng Feng. There is Fusu in the Mountain":
Mountains have Fusu, Xi has Hehua.If you don't see your son, you will be crazy.

There are bridge pines on the mountain, and dragons swimming in the marshes. I don't see Zi Chong, but I see the cunning boy.

Ying Zheng named his son "Fusu" because he hoped that the child would be as lush and tall as a tree and grow up to be a good man.

But expectations are just expectations after all. Fusu did not grow up as Ying Zheng expected, or not completely, so that Ying Zheng was a little disappointed in him, especially when Fusu got older and had more ideas of his own.

As a result, a rift arose between the father and son.

Fusu both respected and was dissatisfied with his father. He respected his father's strength, which pushed the Qin Dynasty to its peak and achieved the goal that the Qin ancestors had always wanted to achieve. He was dissatisfied with his father's cruelty.

In Fusu's opinion, the world should be governed with benevolence, and killing people is allowed in the process of governance, but it cannot be as fierce and cruel as his father did.

Fierce power can only shock people temporarily. If you want long-term peace and stability, you have to implement benevolent policies. However, many of his father's actions run counter to the benevolent policies that Fusu had in mind.

Fusu knew that his father was also dissatisfied with him, so his father, who used to come to visit him a long time ago, gradually stopped coming. When he received the news that his father was coming today, he was both surprised and happy.

Looking at this eldest son whom he had placed high hopes on and was still unwilling to give up, Ying Zheng said calmly: "Get up! What book are you reading recently?"

Fusu got up from the ground and replied, "I'm reading Mencius recently!"

This answer made Ying Zheng look at Fusu again and asked calmly: "Did you gain anything?"

Fusu didn't notice the change in Ying Zheng's tone, and nodded, "I have gained a lot, especially the saying 'those who are righteous will have many supporters, while those who are unrighteous will have few supporters', which has deeply touched me."

Ying Zheng asked: "Then do you think that the Qin Dynasty has many supporters when it is righteous, or few supporters when it is unrighteous?"

Fusu stood there in a daze, not knowing how to answer.

Because according to "Mencius", Qin was obviously the party with few supporters.

The other six countries are all enemies of the Qin Dynasty. Against six on one, aren't they the side with few supporters?
Then the question arises. According to Mencius, "He who has the right way has many supporters, and he who loses the right way has few supporters. When he has few supporters, even his own relatives will betray him. When he has many supporters, the whole world will follow him. Use the support of the whole world to attack the opposition of his relatives. Therefore, a gentleman will win even if he does not fight." In other words, he who loses the right way and has few supporters will surely lose.

However, the fact is that the Qin Dynasty, which had few supporters, destroyed the six kingdoms and unified the world. This contradicts the theory that "those who are righteous will have many supporters, while those who are unrighteous will have few supporters."

Seeing Fusu standing there in silence, Ying Zheng said, "If Confucianism was useful, Confucius and Mencius would not have spent their entire lives traveling around the world, lobbying among the kings."

Fusu wanted to refute, but found that he couldn't refute it, because what Ying Zheng said was true. Confucius and Mencius were not successful in their lives, and few kings took their theories seriously.

Ying Zheng added: "Confucius and Mencius are good at teaching, but governing a country is not their forte."

The meaning of this statement is very clear. Confucius and Mencius are good at talking and teaching, but they are not good at governing a country.

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