In the blink of an eye, it was already March, Shangshi Festival, Qin Shi Huang led the civil and military officials to hold a grand spring festival outside the east gate of Xianyang City, and on the day of the end of the spring festival, Qin Shi Huang summoned Chen Xu to the Zichen Hall to play right, and the topic of discussion turned out to be the matter of dividing the princes.

This matter has dragged on from last autumn to the present, and the emperor seems to have finally made up his mind, so the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty not only feel that their hearts have finally landed, but at the same time they are extremely nervous.

Once the adult sons are separated, the pattern around Great Qin will change dramatically, and it will also lead to a violent reaction from the court and the people.

There were a total of five people in the room, Chen Xu, Li Si, Meng Yi, Feng Quji, and then the emperor.

Chen Xu sat on the chair, although he was still looking at his nose and nose, but he was also a little uneasy in his heart, and secretly glanced at Li Sifeng and the three of them, the three of them seemed to be as expressionless and serious as usual, but they all frowned, and they could see that they were also not in a calm mood.

"Although the Yueshi has been subordinated, but can not be left vacant and left alone, it is now March, although the Western Regions is a bitter cold land, the products are not as rich and prosperous as the Central Plains, but it is not a foreign place, it needs to obey my Great Qin King Law, I have been thinking for a long time, and I am ready to appoint a son to preside over the overall situation, the marquis and respect the king, and after going, I must respect my Daqin command, all the royal law and etiquette must be the same as my Central Plains, the car is the same track, the book is the same text, and the degree is the same system, not only to naturalize the law, but also to naturalize its heart, so that the people of the fiefdom can speak the language of my Central Plains, Xi My Book of the Central Plains......"

After the emperor set a clear tone for the separation, he turned his head around, glanced at Chen Xu slightly, and said: "A prince is in charge of the Western Regions, and now I have six adult heirs, so I decided to choose the best and let each of them make a policy of governing the country, and today I will call four Aiqing to help me refer to the strategies of several princes, and see which one is suitable to be in charge of the Yue clan and the Western Regions!" ”

"Your Majesty, the old minister has already said that the division is a family affair of His Majesty, so why do you need to ask me and other foreign ministers!" Li Si still stubbornly stood up and shirked.

"Nima, an old fox!" Chen Xu couldn't help muttering in his heart, he couldn't look down on an ordinary prince, but he must have been planning to recommend the prince.

Feng Quji and Meng Yi glanced at each other and were about to excuse themselves, but the emperor stood up with a wave of his sleeves, "Although the Western Regions are small, they are related to the future safety of Great Qin, I have to be cautious, you Aiqing don't need to shirk, just help me to refer to the details, as for the selection of people, I will make up my mind!" ”

"Your Ministers obey!" Chen Xu, Li Si and the other four had to give up together.

"Call the six sons in!" Qin Shi Huang sat down again and gave an order to the inner attendant, and soon Fusu and other six princes were wearing brand-new embroidered robes and jade crowns, and under the leadership of the inner attendant, they rushed in, and Qin Shi Huang and Chen Xu, Li Si and others saluted next to each other, and only then did Qin Shi Huang speak: "Today, I will test you together to govern the country, the two prime ministers, the imperial historian and the young master are the examiners, and the policy topic is for the governance of the Yueshi and the Xiongnu Donghu tribes, the pen, ink, paper and inkstone have been prepared, you will complete it in the Zichen Palace, and the time limit is half an hour!" ”

"Sons obey orders!" After Fusu and other six sons saluted together, they sat in front of the desks that had been set up on both sides of the hall under the guidance of the chamberlain, and there were palace maids grinding ink to serve, spreading out hemp pulp paper, lifting brushes, adding ink and concentrating, the six people had different expressions, but only they had an irrepressible excitement.

Although the emperor did not say it explicitly in this examination, through the grapevine, they already knew that the emperor might use this kind of examination to select the best to admit a feudal prince to take charge of the Yue clan.

This is a dilemma, staying in Xianyang, there may still be a little hope of the prince, once it is divided, it can only be a vassal monarch of Great Qin in the future.

However, although the Western Regions is a place where birds don't, it is much stronger than continuing to nest in Xianyang as a dispensable ornament, as long as you work hard enough, the Western Regions are also promising, the world is big, and you are the biggest.

Therefore, in front of the ethereal prince of Great Qin and the monarch of the barbarian land, several princes hesitated, apprehensive, and decisive.

Because they already knew about it, and now is the time for them to choose.

And among them, even Fusu, who was considered the most likely to be the prince by the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty, had some uncontrollable excitement.

He is now twenty-five years old, the emperor is forty-four years old, even if he is made a prince, but as long as the emperor is in one day, he can only be a prince for one day, if the emperor lives to seventy or eighty years old, he estimates that he will not live that long, not to mention that the emperor has a deep prejudice against him close to Confucianism, and has reprimanded him several times in person, but in Fusu's heart, he is still very enthusiastic about the Confucian tradition of respecting the ancient and honoring the courtesy, in his opinion, all kinds of hardships and turmoil in Daqin are caused by too strict laws and regulations, and lack of morality and etiquette. Since His Majesty doesn't like him, he is more willing to leave the Central Plains to take charge of the Western Regions and govern with his favorite Confucian culture.

The Zichen Hall was very quiet, and the six princes were all contemplating or writing hard, and they could only occasionally hear one or two slight coughs.

Li Si seemed to have a cold.

Chen Xu glanced at Li Si and found that the old man was getting older and older, but his spirit still looked good.

Old and not dead is a thief, the more bad the person, the longer he lives, it is said that people live for seventy years, this Great Qin Dynasty is the oldest Li Si, he is sixty-eight years old this year, and he has been seriously ill during this period, but he is not dead, which makes Chen Xu very depressed.

The emperor sat on the big chair and looked at a few books on the desk, Chen Xu also took out a book from his sleeve to pass the time, and Li Sifeng and Meng Yi sat precariously and didn't know what they were thinking.

Half an hour passed in a flash, and I heard a palace person in charge of timing under the hall ring the bronze bell, with a bang, everyone above the hall looked up almost at the same time, and several sons behaved differently, some were relaxed, some were serious, some were regretful, and two were still struggling to write, obviously not finished.

Soon the six policy papers were placed on the emperor's desk, the emperor frowned and looked at it roughly, and directly threw the two unfinished ones aside and abandoned them, and the remaining four copies were sent to Chen Xu and others after reading them.

"Which son's strategy does the four Aiqing think is the best?" Qin Shi Huang asked.

"Your Majesty, the four princes' strategies are all calm and detailed, and they are well versed in the way of governing the country, and the old minister thinks that he can't distinguish the advantages and disadvantages!" Li Si was still the first to speak, but it was still with mud.

"Does Feng Xiang have a different opinion?" Qin Shi Huang frowned slightly.

Feng Quji smiled bitterly in his heart and had to speak: "When Your Majesty was paraded, several sons followed the ministers to learn to deal with government affairs in the court, in the eyes of the old ministers, several sons are calm and moderate, diligent and courteous, and well-organized, all of them are benevolent and virtuous ministers, but today, the old minister has to remind His Majesty again, especially the position of the prince, and please think twice, the princes in front of him are all adults, and His Majesty's thoughts The old ministers dare not guess without authorization, but the Western Regions and Daqin are really not comparable, the prince is the top, and the prince is the bottom, Once the prince is not established and the princes are kings, who will live in the position of the prince in the future? ”

The hall was extremely quiet, and the six princes all looked at the emperor with anxiety.

Just like Feng Quji said, the prince of Great Qin is the biggest, and the princes of the wild land are completely on par, once all the adult sons are separated, then the prince will naturally have to look for them among the underage sons in the future, according to the ancient rites, this is neither normal nor traditional.

Meng Yi thought for a moment and arched his hand and said: "Your Majesty, the minister thinks that Feng Xiang's words are reasonable, and Daqin is the most important, and now that Your Majesty plans to divide the princes, you still need to set up a prince as soon as possible, so that you can have the gift of the foreign minister and the inner king, otherwise where is the humility of the upper and lower levels?" ”

"What does the young master think?" Qin Shi Huang turned his head to look at Chen Xu.

"Your Majesty, the ministers also think that Feng Xiang and Lord Meng are reasonable, and if you establish a prince early, you will stabilize the court and the people of the world as soon as possible, and now several princes have the ability to govern the country, why don't Your Majesty choose one of them to be the prince first, and then divide the kings It is logical!" Chen Xu stood up with a serious face and said.

Qin Shi Huang's eyes swept over his sons one by one, and his face became very serious, and he could even see the struggle and hesitation in his eyes.

He didn't expect that today's split exam would turn out to be the end of supporting the prince, and he really didn't think about this matter, if the prince's affairs could not be arranged, I am afraid that there will be a gap between the monarch and the minister in the future.

"Your Majesty, although the ministers don't know if the strategy is good, they are willing to share your Majesty's worries and guard the Yue Clan and other Western Regions tribes!" After hesitating for a long time, Fusu gritted his teeth and suddenly stood up.

Li Si, Feng Quji, Meng Yi and even the emperor all looked at Fusu with surprise on their faces, and although Chen Xu was also a little surprised, he quickly understood Fusu's thoughts.

In fact, Fusu and Chen Xu have communicated many times, about the matter of the prince of Great Qin, Chen Xu feels that Fusu has no hope, one is that the emperor's mind is indeed difficult to guess, Chen Xu can't guess, and the other is that Fusu's emphasis on Confucianism's concept of governing the country and the current concept of Daqin's magic governance are completely incompatible, Fusu is already an adult, and people in this era are more stubborn and adhere to their own ideas, although the emperor requires all princes to study Xunzi's governing thoughts, but in fact, they are surrounded by a group of all kinds of doormen, On weekdays, they talk about inculcating different ideas of governance, but they are all more hostile to Legalism.

As the most likely successor to the orthodox throne of the Great Qin Emperor, Fusu actually gave up the opportunity to be a prince to guard the Western Regions, which made Li Si Mengyi and Feng Quji unable to figure it out, and even the emperor himself stayed for a long time.

No matter who he appoints as the prince, Fusu actually wants to stay in Xianyang all the time, even if he does not set up Fusu as the prince in the future, and as long as Fusu is still in Xianyang, the Manchu Dynasty civil and military and the people of the world still feel more down-to-earth, and once Fusu leaves Xianyang and does not set up a prince, the court and the people will inevitably have all kinds of speculation and criticism.

Facing Fusu's invitation, the First Emperor was silent for a long time, then rubbed his forehead and waved his hand and said, "I'm tired, I'll stop today, you Aiqing should step back first!" ”

"Your Majesty take care of your health, and the ministers will retire!"

Chen Xu and the others could only stand up and say goodbye and withdraw from the Zichen Palace, and the six Fusu people also left with their inner servants with uncertain faces.

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