"You go on a cruise on my behalf, so what do I do? Can I continue to give you nieces and nephews in the Sixth Prince's Palace?"
The First Emperor laughed.
He knew that his brother was worried that the remnants of the Six Nations would assassinate him, and wanted to take the risk for him.
Patting Ying Chengyu on the shoulder.
"I accept Xinyi, but the purpose of my patrol is to suppress those rats in the gutter, so that they dare not raise their heads, and to allow the Qin Dynasty to develop stably. I am going for these little ones, there is no reason to avoid them."
Yongdi.
The Ancestral Temple was very large, and incense was burning all year round. The rich aroma made Ying Chengxuan often suspect that if there was some ecstasy incense mixed in here, no one with a sensitive nose would be able to detect it.
The tablets of the ancestors of the Qin State are placed on it, from Qin Feizi who founded the Qin State to their father, King Qin Zhuangxiang.
The sacrificial prey is placed on a long sacrificial table. At the front are the three animals: sheep's head, cow's head, and wild boar's head, also called Tailao, which are the highest standards for sacrifice.
At the back are dismantled and cooked various meats, venison, rabbit meat, etc., all of which are the prey that the two brothers caught in Luming Garden.
"As for the matter of supervising the country, what do you think about it? Fang'er's skills have been exhausted, and his physical energy is not as good as before. If you really want to help me, how about staying in Xianyang to supervise the country? Prime Minister Lu Buwei, Guo Wei Lian Po, Zhi Su Neishi Fu Zikang, these are all your people, and they obey you. I feel more at ease if you supervise the country, and my father will not say that I have treated you badly."
Looking at the memorial tablet of his late father, Ying Chengxuan recalled the father, Ying Zi, who didn't care about anything in the past and seemed to have extremely mediocre abilities, but who defied everyone's opinions on several important matters and let the entire Qin Kingdom know who was the real master. Chu.
His father usually didn't have the airs of a king. He could talk to everyone and call him brother, and he never mentioned the crime of transgression. The king's actions are followed by his actions, and so are the ministers and the common people.
In just a few years, Xianyang, which was originally lifeless with strict laws and regulations, was filled with unprecedented vitality.
Chambers of commerce came here to open shops, and people of insight came here to join the academy to discuss national affairs. In those years, Xianyang was regarded as the most prosperous city in the world, and visitors flocked to it in droves.
At that time, Ying Zichu often said to his youngest son:
"Little King Qin, take good care of your home. I have announced that your Uncle Lu is here. I will review the memorial with you later, and I will take your mother out for a walk."
Ying Chengqiao smiled.
“No, I can’t be king.
"I am not a king. Even if the reform fails, I will still have you, my imperial brother. As long as you are here, Qin will still be Qin, and there will be no major changes."
The First Emperor pointed at his brother, faced the tablet with the title of King Qin Zhuangxiang written on it and said with a smile:
"Father, this Zhuzi doesn't want to be the king, but I'm not bullying him."
Lifting up his hem, he sat on the futon placed on the ground.
"I just want you to supervise the country, but I don't really want you to be the king. Isn't this okay?"
"What is the difference between supervising a country and being a king? In that position, my special status will make my disciples, Mi Sui, feel strange to them, and they will never treat me as a minister again. Others will be influenced by them, too Gradually raise my position. Once the white gloves are on, the nature changes."
The First Emperor cast a puzzled look, and Ying Chengyu explained:
"White gloves are people who do the dirty and tiring things for you. If you change the law, you must not end it yourself."
"Then you are not a white glove. I don't want to change the law, but you always want to do things. My father's way is outdated and will not work. I dare to say it in front of my father today. If the person on the throne today is still my father, Father, no one in the world will have the surname Ying."
Ying Chengyu nodded, but he didn't deny it.
Lu Buwei's Zajia family must be stronger than the Legalist family in governing the country, but in foreign wars, there is no system more powerful than the Legalist system of twenty-level military merit.
If you want to dominate the world in the shortest time, if you have enough resources, you will always have to attack the enemy as quickly as possible.
"You are not a king, but you still want to do kingly things. You are a king, and you are even more handsome than me."
"If I were not a king, the Qin Empire would be as stable as Mount Tai."
"You are just too timid."
The First Emperor scolded, with a look on his face as if he hated iron.
"What are you afraid of them doing? As long as you do what you think is right, you will do it, and what can they do to you? The world belongs to our Ying family! If you are not the king, if you are not separated from them, you will eventually be restrained by them. Don't use force to overwhelm others.
"The system of prefectures and counties, the burning of books, the same writing of books, the same track of carriages, and the same conduct of people. Which order do these nobles not object to? I allow them to object, and they don't have to understand if I allow it. But if I give an order, they will do it. This He is the king!”
The First Emperor knew what his brother was worried about.
In all the reforms of the past dynasties, the ministers were responsible for the charge, and the king never came to an end.
As long as the law is changed, it will seriously infringe on the interests of the old forces. Regardless of whether the reform succeeds or fails, the reformers will be counterattacked by the old forces.
Shang Yang, the reformer of the Qin State, was punished by being quartered by five oxen after the death of Qin Xiaogong.
After the death of Korean reformer Shen Buhai and Han Zhaohou, he died of natural causes without illness or disaster the following year at the age of 52.
Wu Qi, the reformer of Chu State, was shot to death by random arrows while lying on King Chu Mou's coffin after the death of King Chu Mou.
Those who change the law rarely end well. If the king takes the initiative to change the law, he will be the one who suffers the backlash. The country will at least experience a major turmoil, and at most it will be destroyed.
Ying Chengyu has received too many warnings from history. The Sui Dynasty, which ended the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms, was extremely powerful, but he died because of the establishment of imperial examinations that touched the interests of the family.
The same is true for Qin.
After the inexplicable death of the First Emperor in the sand dunes, the six kingdoms were restored one after another.
However, the civil servants and generals who followed the First Emperor to destroy the six kingdoms lost contact collectively. As a result, the remnants of the six kingdoms, who were far less powerful than before, brought untrained peasants with wooden sticks as weapons to destroy the most martial state of Qin.
To say that Wang Jian's death at an old age was excusable, what about famous generals such as Wang Ben and Li Xin? These people didn't even see a shadow in this battle to destroy Qin.
"They are ministers, and ministers can give me advice, but I can only make the final decision!"
The First Emperor said categorically.
He had never thought about this, and he didn't bother to think about it. These little things didn't even enter his mind.
As long as he lives, he can suppress everything.
[According to normal history, you did suppress everything while you were alive. After your death, the world will be turned upside down immediately, and the Qin Dynasty will be destroyed. ]
Ying Chengyu rolled his eyes.
The First Emperor personally carried out the reform and the Second Emperor of Qin died.
The enfeoffment system, the same writings, the same track, and the same line of work, these decrees are comparable to the decrees proposed by Ying Chengyu to abolish the towers and slaves.
"You don't want me to change the law, and you always want to push me to the throne. Brother Emperor, you are very contradictory. Aren't you afraid that I will change the law on the first day I supervise the country?"
The First Emperor raised his eyebrows.
"Did you agree to supervise the country?"
Ying Chengyu, who was a little confused by the incense, shook his head and walked out.
After the ancestor worship, he wanted to go home.
"Don't do it!"
After Ying Chengyu left, the First Emperor left one maid behind and ordered the other maids and eunuchs to leave the Ancestral Temple.
"Mom, you heard me, this Zhuzi wouldn't do it even if I asked him to be the king."
The palace maid raised her head, her face was clear and unadorned, she was Zhao Ji, the Queen Mother of the Qin Dynasty.
Zhao Ji was thoughtful, her eyes extremely sharp.
"Then Shu Zi must have noticed my presence, and he meant what he said to me!"
"If my mother is hidden, she will definitely not be able to hide her from Cheng Xi, but she is hidden among many palace maids. If Cheng Xi can accurately detect her, Xia Wuji and Zhang Han can't do it with such a strong sense of perception."
Zhao Ji glanced at the memorial tablet of King Qin Zhuangxiang.
"I know, you don't need to say it. That Shuzi has never paid attention to me. Even if he knew I was there, he didn't bother to act. That Shuzi shouldn't do it. I see you are very disappointed. This throne is really like a furnace. , sit down and burn your butt? When I didn’t take you back to Qin, did it go as you wished?"
The First Emperor looked serious.
"Mom was joking, Zheng'er..."
"Okay, you go out. So many people came to Yongdi at once, which made me very upset. Take them away quickly."
The First Emperor was not angry when his words were interrupted, and responded with a smile.
When leaving the Ancestral Temple, he looked back at the tablets of the Qin kings of the past dynasties.
"When you reach the throne, you will restrain yourself, and you will know that your reforms are not necessarily a good thing. All civil and military officials in the dynasty will spend a lot of time and effort on your decision, and they will analyze the decree from the inside out. thorough.
"You are not a king, and you cannot hear advice from all directions. You only listen to the opinions of your family of guests in the Chang'an Lord's Mansion. This is to listen to one side and to the other side. Of course those guests who hope to become nobles hope to change the law, but they do not want to change the law. How can they stand out?"
The First Emperor was not afraid of his brother's mischief after he took the throne.
He knew Ying Chengyu, and he knew that his brother, who was called Shuzi and often called himself Shuzi, had a big heart and could hold up the entire Great Qin Empire.
If Ying Chengyu was not like this, with his current financial resources, power, and status, he would have been able to enjoy the pleasures of the world long ago, and there would be no need for a thankless reform.
Inside the Imperial Ancestral Temple.
Zhao Ji, who was left alone here, picked up the tablet of King Qin Zhuangxiang and her husband Ying Zichu.
"That Shuzi has the same temperament and temperament as you, so he won't be able to be popular."
He missed and the tablet fell and hit the ground.
Zhao Ji picked up the tablet. Judging from the marks on the corners of the tablet, it was probably not the first time that she had been beaten like this.
"He saved Zheng'er again and gave the gun to Zheng'er. Your son is much better than you, the king who abandoned his wife and son."
The wax offering is over.
Going back to Xianyang.
Before leaving, Ying Chengyu unexpectedly received an invitation from Zhao Ji.
Ying Chengyu turned his head to look at the First Emperor who was beside him, and whispered:
"What does your mother want to do? Are you going to kill me?"
Ever since he and the First Emperor performed a show for Zhao Ji in Xianyang, he thought that Zhao Ji and him would never have anything to do with each other again. Anyway, if the positions were reversed, he would definitely not look for him, unless he killed someone.
The First Emperor frowned. Zhao Ji did not say hello to Ying Chengyu this time.
"I'll go with you."
The female guard who came to deliver the message was neither humble nor overbearing, and she still looked calm when facing the First Emperor.
He bowed his head slightly and apologized:
"The Queen Mother said she only saw Lord Chang'an."
The First Emperor narrowed his eyes, anger gathering between his brows.
Ying Chengyu patted the First Emperor, took the hand of the female guard and strode away.
"Let's go, let's see what my mother wants to say to me."
The beautiful female guard who served beside Zhao Ji had never experienced such frivolousness before. Her face turned cold and she pulled out her hand with force.
"Why, you still won't let me touch you?"
Ying Chengyu said with a smile and raised his arms.
"Then please lead the way."
[It seems like she didn’t want to kill me, otherwise this woman would definitely not have left me. ]
This time when I came to Yongdi, the beautiful female guard in front of me was inseparable from Zhao Ji. Ying Chengyu could tell from the aura of the female guard that her martial arts skills were not as good as those of Yue Nu, but they were not far behind.
This kind of martial arts master must be Zhao Jixin's confidant. If Zhao Ji wants to kill his female bodyguard, he must know it.
He abruptly grabbed the hand of the female guard. If the female guard did not shake off and endured it, Zhao Ji would be very likely to be detrimental to him in the future.
He and Zhao Ji are in the same boat, but Zhao Ji's confidants can tolerate his frivolity, most likely knowing that he will pay a greater price later.
In the palace, Zhao Ji was dressed in military uniform, sitting on a soft chair, and said to Ying Chengyu who was brought in by the female guard and was about to sit down:
"There's no need to sit down, I really hate how tight you are."
Ying Chengyu sat down and said with a smile:
"There is no reason in the world for a mother to hate her son."
The female guard returned behind Zhao Ji with undisguised disdain in her eyes.
[Bad temperament, shameless! ]
Zhao Ji sneered.
"In Xianyang, he insulted me in every possible way, but when he arrived in Yongdi, he called me "Mother". Is this the generosity of a winner towards a loser?"
Ying Chengyu yawned and said casually:
"The main reason is that I don't want to make things difficult for my brother. If you need anything, please tell me quickly. I really don't like having you around in Yongdi."
Zhao Ji, who also didn't want to be under the same roof as Ying Chengyu, got straight to the point.
"I killed Teng."
Ying Chengyu frowned.
Teng, also called Nei Shi Teng.
The internal history is an official responsible for the affairs of Xianyang in Kyoto. His status is higher than that of the governors of various counties. He is one of the nine ministers, which is the official position of Meng Yi today.
As a representative of the Qin State, Neishiteng accepted the land ceded by South Korea, and later managed the place in Nanjun, laying the foundation for Qin's attack on Chu.
Teng was also the first Iron Eagle Swordsman instructor, one of the first people who followed Ying Chengxuan, and was deeply trusted by Ying Chengxuan.
In the end, he resigned from his post and was fascinated by Zhao Ji's beauty. He fell under Zhao Ji's pomegranate skirt.
"Are you saying this to make me hate you even more?"
"You know what I'm talking about."
Zhao Ji said coldly:
"With your ability, it is not difficult to find out that Yue Nu killed Teng. I don't know why you tolerated it so far. I don't know whether your previous relationship with Teng was a disguise, or you were cold-hearted, or you had a deep affection for Yue Nu. .I will tell you today that I deliberately wanted Yue Nu to kill Teng and plant a thorn in your heart."
Ying Chengyu was silent for a moment and said:
"Is this all you want to tell me today? You are seriously ill and will die soon, and your conscience has discovered it?"
"You saved Zheng'er. Zhao people have a clear sense of grudges and repay kindness with kindness."
Zhao Ji's expression was still stern, and she still looked at Ying Chengyu with disgust.
"I know, thanks."
Ying Chengyu waved his hand and wanted to go outside.
"etc."
Ying Chengyu stopped, did not turn around, and said helplessly:
"what happened again?"
Zhao Ji's voice was still cold.
"The legend of Yue Nv Sword is false."
