Diqin Designer

Chapter 252 The Princes Leave Xianyang
Li Nian was attending court at this time. According to the court meeting rules established by the Qin Dynasty, the court meeting should have been held yesterday, but because of the opening ceremony of the school yesterday, it was postponed to today.

Li Nian also attended the court meeting this time because something big was about to happen. He saw Prince Gao, Prince Jianglu and others standing in the hall wearing royal robes. They will go to their respective fiefdoms today.

The reason why we held the opening ceremony yesterday was because we took into consideration that the young masters were about to leave Xianyang and we wanted to hold it before they left.

Many Qin officials had already gone to the places to be governed before them, and now the princes who were granted fiefs have also arrived.

During this period, the First Emperor always let them observe government affairs in the court, so that they could learn the means of governing the local areas, so that they would not go to the local areas without knowing anything except the identity of a king.

Looking at his sons who were about to leave, Ying Zheng said, "I will not say more about the reasons why I made you kings and let you go to your fiefdoms. You have your own ideas..."

Ying Zheng changed the subject and said sternly: "But no matter what you think, don't think that you can do whatever you want after you go to the fiefdom and stay away from me. If I know that someone has violated the law, you should know the consequences!"

The princes of the Qin Dynasty lived in the shadow of their fathers for many years. They respected and feared the First Emperor. Except for Fusu, almost no one dared to go against the First Emperor's ideas. But even Fusu also respected his father, just better than his other brothers.

This is also a problem that often arises when the father is too strong. If the father is too strong, his sons will often appear a little cowardly, which is especially common in the imperial family.

Hearing their father the First Emperor say this, the princes immediately said, "We dare not!"

Ying Zheng glanced at them and said, "I hope you really don't dare! After this, you must govern the place well, appease the local people, and listen to useful suggestions from others."

"Remember that the local people are also the people of our Great Qin. Treat them equally and do not differentiate between Qin people, Chu people, and Qi people. I do not want to receive any bad news in Xianyang."

Ying Zheng deliberately emphasized the tone of this sentence, because the Qin people nowadays are very confident and arrogant. They think they are the winners and people from other places are losers, so they look down on people from other places.

Many old Qin people who had been transformed from Qin soldiers to Qin officials had already gone to various places to take up posts. Under the influence of this mentality, who knows what kind of trouble might arise:
It is only natural for us, the winners, to rule over you, the losers. How dare you complain? We should have killed you all back then!
Isn't this divisive? It is not conducive to the policy of Qin to unify the people of the six kingdoms. He is the emperor of all the people in the world, not just the emperor of Qin. He sent the princes over to calm down the Qin soldiers and prevent certain things from happening.

The Qin officials who were once Qin soldiers are difficult for ordinary people to control, but they are princes of the great Qin and sons of the current Qin Emperor. With this status, they can do it!

The young masters were not particularly intelligent, but they were not stupid either. They understood the meaning of their father's words and said, "Don't worry, father. We will treat it the same way!"

Ying Zheng nodded and said, "That's good. I'll take you there!"

They thought their father would not send them off, but would only let some important officials send them off. They did not expect that their father would send them off personally. The young masters said, "Thank you, father!"

Li Nian understood what the First Emperor was thinking. He must be feeling guilty towards his sons. Except for Fusu and Hu Hai, Fusu had given them the best conditions. Were the other sons treated like this?

But Fusu himself was not ambitious enough, and as for Hu Hai, it’s better not to mention him!

The First Emperor escorted the princes to the outside of the palace. Today was a good day, and many carriages and horses, as well as the Qin army, were parked outside the palace.

In order to let these sons live well in their fiefdoms and govern them well, the First Emperor prepared many things for them, including ministers, craftsmen, cooks, doctors, scholars, farmers, etc. to assist them in governing the local areas. He even gave them some newly printed teaching materials so that they could promote the new Qin characters in their local areas. The princes saluted the First Emperor and said, "Your sons are going on a long journey today. Please take care of yourself, father!"

Ying Zheng nodded and said, "If you encounter any difficulties, you can send an envoy."

Prince Gao said to Fusu and Huhai, who were not given fiefs, "We are leaving today. Please, elder brother and eighteenth brother, show respect to our father on our behalf!"

In fact, the princes were a little envious and jealous of Fusu and Huhai being kept behind. They were okay with Huhai, thinking that he was kept behind by his father because he was too young to be crowned a king, but they were really envious of Fusu.

The emperor made them kings but did not make his elder brother Fusu a king. Didn't his intention was to keep Fusu by his side and train him as the crown prince?

As expected, Brother Fusu is more favored by the emperor. They should have no chance to compete with Brother Fusu anymore.

After listening to Prince Gao's words, Fusu just nodded calmly. He didn't want to tell his brothers that he was actually leaving too and couldn't fulfill his filial duties on their behalf.

Hu Hai, who was standing aside, wiped his tears and reluctantly said to his brothers: "Brothers, rest assured, Hu Hai will be filial to our father! Brothers, please don't leave. Hu Hai will miss you!"

Hu Hai's actions made all the princes and ministers nod their heads, thinking that his eighteenth brother (Prince Hu Hai) was indeed kind.

Prince Gao Kuan comforted Hu Hai and said, "As princes of the Qin Dynasty, we have the responsibility to defend the Qin Dynasty. You, my eighteenth brother, will understand this in the future. Although we have traveled to different places, we are still brothers. If we come across anything fun or delicious, we will send someone to deliver it to Xianyang."

Hu Hai wiped his tears and nodded. He was very satisfied with his performance today. Everyone should be moved by his true feelings, and it would also give him extra points with his father.

Now, except for his brother Fusu, all the other brothers have to leave Xianyang, which means that only he and his brother Fusu are left by their father's side. Although he is young, he may have a chance to compete for that position.

After all, this world belongs to my father, and he is the one who decides the next crown prince. As long as I can please him, nothing is impossible.

But when Hu Hai observed his father through his fingers while wiping his tears, he found that his good father had no reaction to the sincere brotherly love he showed. He just stood there calmly, and it was impossible to tell what he was thinking.

Li Nian, who was standing nearby, almost couldn't hold back her laughter and wanted to pull out her cell phone to record this famous scene: Hu Hai performed a deep brotherly love in front of the First Emperor who knew the history. It was wonderful, really wonderful!
Hu Hai had no idea that his performance would remind the First Emperor of some bad things, and these things were extremely unfriendly to Hu Hai. He wanted to act like a brother in front of the First Emperor, but it would only backfire.

Under the escort of the Qin army, the convoy of princes began to move away, gradually leaving the city of Xianyang behind.

The window of a carriage opened, and Lu Zhi looked back at the city of Xianyang behind her. She had arrived in Xianyang a few months ago, and now she was leaving again.

Gongzi Gao on the side took her hand and said with a smile: "Don't worry, Princess. As long as we can govern the place well, it will not be worse than Xianyang."

She had already married Prince Gao. Lu Zhi was quite satisfied with this husband. Although he lacked courage and wisdom, he was very good to his family. She felt that the Emperor of Qin intentionally married her to Prince Gao.

(End of this chapter)