The leisurely life of the Qin people

Chapter 1 My Teacher Han Fei
In the winter in Xianyang, biting cold winds blow from the northwest, and many houses in the city are still covered with thick snow.

Whether it was the pedestrians in the Xianyang Palace or the people in Xianyang city, they all seemed to be in a hurry.

In Fusu's view, the entire Xianyang city looked ancient and solemn. The Xianyang city built under the supervision of Shang Yang still maintained its majestic power.

Guanzhong this year is colder than ever before.

Today, white cloths were hung everywhere in the Xianyang Palace, and most people coming and going in the palace kept their heads down, because the Empress Dowager Huayang passed away just two days ago.

Now, the funeral is still going on, and Fusu and a group of relatives of Qin princes are standing in front of the main hall of Gaoquan Palace.

As for who these relatives were, Fusu had no idea at all and tried to remain silent with a solemn expression.

Fusu raised his head slightly and saw the coffin in the hall. Queen Dowager Huayang was the wife of King Xiaowen of Qin. Whether now or in the Xianyang Palace where interpersonal relationships were very complicated, Queen Dowager Huayang was an extremely special person.

To my father, Queen Mother Huayang is of great significance to his life.

Rumor has it that, whether before or after Lu Buwei's death, the Queen Mother Huayang was the person most respected by his father.

Now that Empress Dowager Huayang has passed away, my father is also the saddest.

Coming to this world, Fusu took a long time to adapt, at least when facing these Qin relatives who he didn't know or might know. Some of them were from Chu, Zhao, or Yan...

Closing his eyes and listening to his own breathing, Fusu could hear some of his relatives in the back whispering and the faint rise and fall of snoring. Someone must have fallen asleep on his knees.

"Sir, breakfast at Zhangtai Palace is ready."

Hearing the voice behind him, Fusu straightened his clothes and left with the eunuch.

The Xianyang Palace is really big and walking around is very tiring.

Zhangtai Palace is the largest palace south of Xianyang Palace, where the First Emperor would usually handle government affairs.

After approaching the main hall and straightening his clothes, Fusu followed the eunuch into the hall and met his father, the current Qin Shi Huang.

Fusu stood in the hall, bowing his body with his hands clasped together, waiting for the words to be spoken.

My father fell silent again. In the empty and quiet hall, one could even hear the sound of him chewing venison.

After standing there for a while, my father still said nothing, just chewed the meat calmly.

Fusu was first led by a palace maid to sit at a table nearby, and then a pot of hot venison was placed in front of him.

The palace was very quiet. Fusu was eating by himself, and there was silence between father and son.

In fact, in his memory, his father was always taciturn. In his memory, Fusu had never seen his biological mother, but he remembered that his mother was a Chu person.

The current environment... is compared to the Qin people after Shang Yang's reforms.

To this day, the customs of the Qin people under the rule of the First Emperor have been pragmatic and simple.

The people of the former six kingdoms still retain their previous lifestyles and customs.

The warlike and brave Qin people, or the Confucianists of the Qi and Lu culture in the Central Plains, the rough and warlike people of Yan and Zhao, and the romantic Chu people.

In the evaluation of most Qin people, the Chu people all said that Prince Fusu's biological mother was a Chu person. With a romantic Chu mother, he got the name Fusu.

Marrying a Chu woman as queen has almost become a tradition in the Qin State. The Queen Mother Huayang is a Chu person, so according to people's thinking habits, Prince Fusu's biological mother should also be a Chu person.

Fusu took two bites of venison and looked at his father who was sitting in the upper seat. He cut off a piece of venison, put it in his mouth and chewed it, looking straight ahead as if thinking. There was still no word in the hall.

Since the Qin Dynasty conquered the six states, the First Emperor has been the heart of this vast empire. He is like a political machine that is cold to the freezing point, managing the bones and capillaries of this vast empire.

This empire still faced many crises. The Qin State unified the six kingdoms, but the old nobles of the six kingdoms were still there.

Rebellions continued to break out across the country, each with its own agenda, and within a few years, hidden anti-Qin forces threatened to resurge, like Xiang Yan, who uttered the slogan, "Even if Chu has only three households left, it will be Chu that will destroy Qin." In this period, fresh after the Zhou Dynasty and at the end of the old feudal system, most people today were uncertain about the future.

After all, the world has been unified, and people are wondering how to govern such a vast world.

Seeing his father leaving again, Fusu hurriedly stood up and bowed to say farewell.

Only after watching the First Emperor's back disappear from his sight did Fusu leave the silent Zhangtai Palace. There was no word between father and son, and they looked so unfamiliar that they didn't seem like father and son.

Never mind, Fusu is no longer Fusu anyway.

The surroundings were still filled with the harshness of winter. The soldiers standing on the drum tower in the distance saw the figure walking in front of Zhangtai Palace. They heard from the people who were also on duty that he was Prince Fusu.

There are many rumors about Prince Fusu in the palace. According to rumors, Prince Fusu is good at medicine, and the Queen Mother Huayang was seriously ill at that time.

The old doctor said that it was because the young master cured the Queen Mother Huayang that she lived to this day and lived for more than ten more years.

The Queen Mother Huayang's most beloved child was Prince Fusu.

When Fusu returned to Gaoquan Palace, it was already night. All the relatives and guests there had left, and only one person was still standing there.

The man was probably in his forties, with a short beard, a gentle smile, and was wearing a black and gray court robe.

"Son."

Seeing that the other party saluted very respectfully, Fusu also saluted politely.

The man in front of him is the current Chief Justice, Li Si.

Fusu looked at the coffin still placed in Gaoquan Palace and said, "I just went to have dinner with my father."

The funeral of Queen Mother Huayang has reached its final stage and she will be buried tomorrow morning.

Li Si took a half step forward and asked, "I heard that you've been enjoying reading Han Fei's books lately?"

"Yes."

"I heard that you used to read Confucian classics?"

"Ah."

Fusu nodded in response.

"If you are confused about Han Fei's writings and words, I can explain them to you."

As he spoke, Li Si still had a gentle and friendly smile on his face.

In the impression of the time traveler Fusu, the Qin Dynasty's Chief Justice was always like this, with a smile on his face that remained the same year after year.

Some people say that Li Si and Han Fei were from the same school, but it is not known what their relationship was like back then.

But from the perspective of the King of Qin at that time, that is, the current emperor, things have come to this point.

Perhaps, the dead Han Fei is more valuable to the Qin State, and the current Li Si is more convenient for the Qin State to use?

Fusu paused, looked up at the gloomy sky, and said, "Although Han Fei is no longer with us, he is still a teacher in my heart."

Those who could have a seat in the court of Xianyang were the best of that era. Li Si was such a person, regardless of whether he was the mastermind behind Han Fei's murder.

In fact, the books and knowledge about the Legalists preserved in the Qin State today are even more cruel in their analysis of the relationship between people and their family and country.

For Fusu, who had received education from later generations, every time he read those books, it was like crushing his kind nature again and again. What was written in their books... was too inhuman.

(End of this chapter)