In this world, Ying Fusu was born as the eldest son of Qin State, and he could be said to have a first-class family background.
As long as he continues this step by step, this huge Qin Empire will pass into his hands sooner or later.
After Ying Zheng conquered this world, his dream was: I will be the first emperor, and the generations to come will be counted, and the second and third generations will last for eternity, and will be passed down endlessly.
Ying Zheng's desire to have an eternal kingdom must be delusional.
But passing the throne to Ying Fusu and letting him become the second emperor of Qin would definitely be as safe as an old dog.
There is no need for Ying Fusu to do anything. As long as he makes no mistakes, Qin will be his.
Not to mention that Ying Fusu has gained a reputation as a virtuous man in recent years. Everyone in the world said that the eldest son was virtuous, courageous and had an excellent reputation.
Just go on step by step, maybe ten years, maybe twenty years.
Sitting there on that supreme throne was Ying Fusu.
This truth is not difficult for everyone in the Qin State to understand, even rural women and children understand it.
Therefore, Ying Fusu openly contradicted the First Emperor Ying Zheng in the court yesterday, and even came up with an idea that was so bad that he could no longer search. None of the Qin officials understood it.
Even the First Emperor Ying Zheng didn't understand.
But Ying Zheng knew that his son was definitely not a fool, so yesterday in front of Ying Chengyu, he revealed that there was something fishy about the matter.
Meng Tian thought he understood clearly. He believed that Ying Fusu was harmed by the Confucian Chun Yuyue and was induced and instigated.
But Meng Tian didn't know that when Ying Fusu contradicted Ying Zheng in the court, the person who was the most angry and frightened was Ying Fusu's teacher-Chun Yuyue.
Chunyu Yue wished that he was the one who said those words. He would rather die than let those words come out of Ying Fusu's mouth.
He wanted the Qin State to be governed by Confucianism, wanted Confucianism to be popular, and wanted Confucianism to replace Legalism and return to the world as a prominent school.
But he never instigated Ying Fusu to arbitrarily contradict the First Emperor Ying Zheng.
Ying Fusu worshiped Chun Yuyue as his teacher, studied Confucianism, practiced Confucian concepts, and highly respected Confucianism.
Then after Ying Fusu succeeded to the throne, Confucianism would definitely become the orthodox doctrine of the Qin State, and the world would change from rule of law to rule of Confucianism. This is certain.
However, Ying Fusu succeeded in contradicting Ying Zheng, and Confucianism became the mainstream school of thought in advance.
This probability is extremely low, because Ying Fusu's choice was too tough and his excuses were terrible.
Ying Fusu has a high probability of failure, and the price of failure is that if he makes such a big mistake, Ying Fusu will lose his favor.
The eldest son is not the prince, and Ying Zheng has never made it clear that the throne will be succeeded by Ying Fusu.
Once Ying Fusu is no longer the second son of Qin and other princes of Qin inherit the throne, Qin will still be governed by law rather than Confucianism. The orthodox status sought by Confucianism will be far away from now on.
Except for the eldest son Ying Fusu, none of the princes in Qin were close to Confucianism.
Therefore, what Ying Fusu did was extremely risky and insufficiently beneficial to Confucianists.
Chunyu Yue, who had lectured at Jixia Academy, could not do such stupid things.
No fool can step into Xianyang Palace, the center of Qin's power.
Ying Chengyu returned home from Xianyang Palace yesterday, but he still hadn't figured out what Ying Fusu wanted.
Neither he nor Ying Zheng believed that Ying Fusu was a fool. They didn't know how ridiculous his advice was, and they didn't know what consequences it would have.
The eldest nephew obviously knows everything, so why does he do this?
He seemed to be deliberately irritating the emperor's brother.
What can he gain by irritating the emperor's brother?
On the way home, Ying Chengxuan kept thinking about this problem. He did not want Ying Fusu to be assigned to the county by Ying Zheng.
The Qin State has not established a crown prince. Once the eldest son Ying Fusu leaves, the princes will inevitably compete for the crown prince's position.
Although this was Ying Zheng's intention, Ying Zheng was happy to see the results and wanted to see if any of his other sons could stand out without the suppression of his eldest son Ying Fusu.
But Ying Chengyu didn't want to see this scene. He was a time traveler and he knew the answer.
In his previous life, Ying Fusu was sent to the county and committed suicide.
Qin, the second generation died.
In this life, no matter what aspects of performance, Ying Fusu is the best candidate for Qin II.
Ying Chengyu wanted to avoid the recurrence of historical tragedy, so he wanted to leave his eldest nephew in Xianyang.
To keep Ying Fusu, we must help Ying Zheng find out the reason for Ying Fusu's abnormality and who instigated it. This is what the brothers agreed yesterday.
Otherwise, Ying Fusu will have no choice but to be sent to the county to show his majesty on the battlefield! How can a person who is an emperor be deceived by his ministers?
When he returned home, he asked Ying Fusu directly, but of course he got nothing.
When Meng Tian intervened, Ying Fusu reprimanded Meng Tian. When he left Meng Tian, he actually had no hope.
He didn't think he would learn the truth from Meng Tian because Ying Fusu's behavior was too deliberate.
Meng Tian and Ying Zheng are similar in age and have a close friendship. They are Ying Fusu's elders. How could Ying Fusu, who was deeply influenced by Confucianism, rebuke his elders like this?
It seems that Ying Fusu did it intentionally and let Ying Chengyu keep Meng Tian behind.
"Before leaving, I still have to turn my uncle's attention to Confucianism. Now do you think it's worth it?"
Ying Chengyu said softly.
"After the court meeting, go and chat with the emperor. You are father and son first, then monarch and minister."
Just when Ying Chengyu was educating Ying Fusu, the changes in the court did not stop for a moment.
The hidden leader of Confucianism, the mentor of the eldest son Ying Fusu, servant She Chunyuyue actually spoke for Ying Chengyu, the Lord of Chang'an.
His words were so sharp that he did not hesitate to criticize the First Emperor Ying Zheng, which caught the entire court off guard.
Yesterday the eldest son contradicted His Majesty, and today Chunyu Yue contradicted His Majesty. What is the Confucian school going to do? Tired of living?
Tingwei Li Si led up and stood up, with a cold and stern look on his face.
"Your Majesty, Chun Yuyue is a man with no eyes on the throne. Please drive him out!"
"The Qin Dynasty governs the country by law. Is there any legal provision for punishing people for words? Since I have not committed any crime, why did the imperial court expel me?"
Li Si turned around and faced Chunyu Yue.
"I heard that Qi Jinggong once asked Confucius about politics, and Confucius replied: 'Junjun, ministers, fathers, sons, sons.' I dare to ask Chunyu Pushe, what is the interpretation of this statement? Is Chunyu Pushe's actions consistent with What did Confucius say?"
Chunyu Yue just used Legalist ideas to refute Li Si, and Li Si in turn used Confucianism to question Chunyu Yue.
But Chun Yuyue's knowledge was not fake. He said calmly: "Confucius said that the king does the king's work, the ministers do the minister's work, the father does the father's work, and the son does the son's work. Everyone performs his or her own duties. Everyone is responsible for his own duties. Yue is a minister, and it is Yue's duty to correct the mistakes of the king he serves, and it is in line with what Confucius said."
"Chunyu Pushe explained it very well before, but I don't agree with what he said later."
Li Si said solemnly: "Rewarding or punishing a minister is something that a king needs to consider. As a minister, you want to deal with Lord Chang'an according to your own ideas. Is this what a minister should do when he thinks about the king's affairs? Something?"
"The king made a mistake, and the minister pointed out that this is what the minister should do. How can Li Tingwei say that this is not what the minister should do?"
"The king made a mistake, and the ministers should point it out, but how can Chunyu Pushe prove that it was your Majesty who was wrong in this matter and not Chunyu Pushe?" Chunyu Yue looked unhappy.
"Yue has said before that His Majesty should not punish Lord Chang'an for the reasons. Does Li Tingwei want Yue to repeat it again?" Li Si's face remained unchanged.
"If there is a leaf covering your eyes, then I will take you to Mount Tai, and you will not know that Mount Tai is in front of you." Chunyu Yue sighed secretly in his heart.
Li Si made a pun, so how could he not recognize it?
Since this statement is saying that he is short-sighted, he cannot see the deeper meaning of Ying Zheng's punishment of Ying Chengyu.
He was also admonishing him to give up and broaden his horizons, and not to offend Ying Zheng because of his friendship with Ying Chengyu.
Chunyu Yue and Li Sitong came from Jixia Academy and studied together.
Although one is a Confucian and the other is a Legalist, they were friends from the same school.
Li Si asked Zhu Chunyu Yue to leave the court because he wanted the matter to be settled.
He stood up to argue with Chun Yuyue in order to control the development of the situation.
If he doesn't stand up, then the one who opposes Chunyu Yue will be the First Emperor who rules the world.
Li Si: Thank you for your kindness.
But this time, I have to do it, even if it goes against my heart.
"A gentleman is known as righteousness, and a villain is known as benefit. I talk to Lord Tingwei about righteousness, and Lord Tingwei talks to me about interests. If we have different principles, we should not seek each other. I think we have nothing more to say."
"Knowing is knowing, not knowing is not knowing, it is knowing. Knowing means knowing, not knowing means not knowing. This is the performance of a wise man. Chunyu Pushe clearly doesn't know, but he pretends to know everything. This is indeed the same as You have nothing more to say."
Li Si turned around, crossed his hands, bowed his head and bowed slightly.
"Your Majesty, your Majesty, Li Si, please drive these arrogant people away from Xianyang Palace!"
Give up, Chunyu Yue, stop talking.
Li Si read silently.
Whether to punish Lord Chang'an or not, this matter itself is not of great significance.
The Lord of Chang'an could neither expand the territory nor give advice, and he even caused the disgrace of his settlement.
How can such a person's handling of affairs be compared with His Majesty's prestige?
Even if Your Majesty is wrong and you Chunyu Yue are right, so what?
You offended His Majesty because of a fool. His Majesty will be grateful to you, okay?
Your Majesty can accept the offense, and the consequences of the offense will be beneficial to Qin in the early stage.
If you keep Lord Chang'an's salary for one year, what benefit will it bring to Qin?
From the moment you stand up, you have already lost.
The longer you stay in Xianyang Palace and the more you talk, the more you will lose. Leave!
"Your Majesty, when Guan Zhong was here, if Duke Huan of Qi made a mistake, Guan Zhong would correct it with his words. Although Duke Huan of Qi was unhappy, the state of Qi became the overlord of the Spring and Autumn Period. After Guan Zhong's death, three ministers, Kai Fang, Shu Diao and Yi Ya, flattered him. Duke Huan of Qi, Duke Huan of Qi was overjoyed, but in the end the overlord of his generation was starved to death by three people in the palace, causing maggots to grow on his body."
"Although I am not as good as Guan Zhong, I did the same thing as Guan Zhong. If your Majesty drives me out today without any reason and refuses to listen to advice, will ministers who are truly as talented as Guan Zhong dare to give advice in the future? If things go on like this, the people in the court are talking about villains like Li Si. Your Majesty is happy now, but you will pay the price for it in the future, and Qin will also pay the price for it!"
It’s over!
This is a big deal!
Li Si's heart sank.
Chunyu Yue's voice, which seemed to be heartbreaking and came from the bottom of his heart, echoed back and forth in the Xianyang Palace.
Meng Tian was secretly happy.
Chunyu Yue has committed suicide so far, His Majesty will never allow the eldest son to be taught by Confucianism again.
Li Xin was confused.
What's going on? I had a quarrel with Ying Chengyu, will His Majesty and Da Qin pay the price?
Prime Minister Wang Wan and Prime Minister Zuo Wei, who were sitting in the front row, looked at each other and saw the doubt and solemnity in each other's eyes.
What exactly is Confucianism trying to do?
You only get a year's salary for Lord Chang'an, why do you contradict His Majesty like this?
This is asking for death! Could it be that they wanted Qin to completely ban Confucianism?
The doubts of the two prime ministers were also the doubts of almost all the courtiers in the palace.
What Chunyu Yue did today was exactly the same as what Ying Fusu did yesterday, both of which were actions that the officials could not understand.
Ying Zheng lowered his head and smoothed the wrinkles on his crown clothes.
A flowing cloud passed over the Xianyang Palace, blocking the sunlight shining on the Xianyang Palace. The Xianyang Palace was shrouded in shadow.
"Chun Yuyue."
Ying Zheng did not raise his head, his voice was careless, and the wrinkles on his crown seemed difficult to smooth.
"Speaking of me like this, what do you think you want? What do Confucians want?"
Lifting his eyelids slightly, Ying Zheng said with some doubts: "You don't want your life? Confucianism doesn't want your life either? Are you still bullying me for being weak and not knowing how to kill?"
