Chapter 21: Behind the Scenes

Fusu thought for a while and replied: "Back to my father, my sons have seen the might of my Great Qin soldiers, seen the splendor of my Great Qin, and also saw that there are still lawbreakers under my Great Qin's rule, just take those two casino thugs who beat people, they are lawless and beat people on the street, it can be seen that the law of my Great Qin still has little prestige among ordinary people, and that scholar let Erchen see the cunning and hypocrisy of human nature." The son didn't know whether what he said was right or not, so he asked his father for advice. ”

Still facing the sea, the First Emperor pointed to the sea in the distance and said, "What do you see and how do you feel about this sea?" ”

After Fusu was slightly stunned, he looked at the sea pointed to by the First Emperor, and said with feeling: "Erchen has seen how big the world is and how small people are. ”

The First Emperor nodded and said, "The world is very big, but my heart is bigger than the world, and sooner or later the world will surrender to my feet." ”

Fu Su bowed and said: "Father Emperor Wen Tao Wu Strategy, the past and the present, no one can match. ”

The First Emperor shook his head and chuckled: "My Wen Tao Wu Strategy, my Wen Wen is not comparable to Li Si, nor can it be compared to Einstein today, it is not comparable to the public and the enemy, and it is not even comparable to Meng Yi, not to mention Wu Luo, it is not comparable to Meng Tian, and it is not comparable to Han Xin. ”

Fusu suddenly broke out in a cold sweat, and he didn't know what to say, so he could only kneel down and say: "The son is guilty, please ask my father to forgive me, but the son didn't mean that." ”

The First Emperor said softly: "Get up, I don't mean to blame, I just state the facts, get up." ”

Fusu repeatedly confirmed that the First Emperor was not angry, so he dared to stand up.

The First Emperor sighed and said: "What you think is not my gift, but it is also very much in your heart, which shows your sincerity." ”

Fusu was slightly stunned, bowed down and said, "Ask my father to teach him." ”

The First Emperor pondered for a while and said: "Everything in the world is different, and so are people, if you are not the son of me, but an ordinary person, what you understand today is enough, even if you are the children of the eunuchs, however, you are not the son of an ordinary family, but the son of me, and you are born to be extraordinary, and everything will no longer be speculated in the ordinary." ”

Fusu was slightly stunned after hearing this, he didn't understand what the First Emperor said, since what he was thinking was not wrong, then why did the First Emperor say that he was wrong?

Seeing his doubts, the First Emperor felt a slight loss in his heart again, and could only say patiently: "You are the son of me, and you will inherit my position in the future, if you just look at everything in this world with the thoughts of ordinary people, then you can only be just an ordinary person, just a king of success, not an emperor of pioneering." ”

As soon as the first emperor said this, Fusu was suddenly stupid, the first emperor is now in the prime of life, and this world can be cultivated, let alone a few hundred years, he can't run away, how could he think of such a ridiculous thing as letting him succeed to the throne.

The First Emperor saw his thoughts, and did not say anything, and continued: "I took you to see the military camp outside the East City today, and let you see it, not to let you feel the might of the Great Qin soldiers, but to let you see how the military camp is running and how it is operating when the great war is imminent. I ask you, what do you need most now that the three armies are moving? ”

After thinking for a while, Fusu said: "Food, if the army has no food, it will be chaotic, the so-called three armies have not moved, and the grain and grass go first, which is to stabilize the morale of the army." ”

The First Emperor nodded and said, "It seems that I haven't forgotten what I learned with Meng Tian in Biansai, and I will ask you again, where did the grain and grass come from?" ”

Fusu said as a matter of course: "Issued from the imperial court." ”

The First Emperor said: "I ask you again, where does the grain and grass of the court come from?" ”

Fusu replied, "From the tax." ”

The First Emperor asked, "Where do the taxes of the imperial court come from?" ”

Fusu said: "I came from the people. ”

The First Emperor said: "Then how can the people afford this tax, you must know how huge the grain and grass consumed by the imperial court every year, the needs of the army, and the needs of the hundred officials of the imperial court, only from the common people?" ”

Fusu was speechless for a moment: "This..."

Fusu can't answer, the people's suffering, Fusu still knows, many people all year round, can't even eat, and have to pay the rations of the court hundred officials and army, this huge number, how can the people afford it, so there will be that sentence, the people suffer, die, the people suffer.

Now that Great Qin has just taken the coastal city, and is in a hurry to fight abroad, but the coastal city has long been dilapidated, and the people have no food left, so how can they afford the cost of this army?

Fusu is now confused, when he attacked Binhai City, the soldiers of Daqin robbed more than eighty percent of the money and wealth of Binhai City, and now Binhai City can't even afford to support itself, so what ability can he supply the army to go on the expedition.

Do you want the sergeants to hand over the looted money, this Fusu didn't think about it, he knew that it would cause a mutiny, and the underground palace would pay for the war.

The underground palace can afford it, the first emperor is rich all over the world, there are countless treasures in the underground palace, gold, silver, copper and iron are piled up, the first emperor comes to pay for this war is easy, but obviously the first emperor does not plan to pay, so where will this military salary and grain and grass come from?

The First Emperor smiled: "Can't think of it? ”

Fusu shook his head and said, "Please forgive Erchen for being stupid, Erchen really can't figure it out." ”

The First Emperor smiled and said: "It's okay, let's put it down first, and then talk about Nanshi, Nanshi Ruguanzhi, and feel the wealth of Great Qin, however, in my opinion, it is the sorrow of Great Qin." ”

Fu Su bowed down and said, "What does my father mean by this?" ”

The First Emperor said: "I have relaxed the tariffs and allowed the merchants to trade freely, but, I have seen that the people and merchants are in a hurry, and they seem to be prosperous, but there is no order, and the merchants, beggars, peasants, workers, patrols, and guards are all complicated, chaotic, and unorganized, which is the failure of the managers, which shows that although I am committed to the development of Daqin, there are huge holes in the management, which is caused by the inaction and inaction of the officials of Daqin."

Fusu immediately froze, he didn't expect the first emperor to see these from the market.

The First Emperor continued: "Therefore, those officials who do nothing and do not act should be severely punished, I want to leave this matter to you to do, and I have other arrangements." ”

Fusu immediately received the order and said: "The sons obey the order, please rest assured that the sons will definitely find out these inactive officials." ”

The First Emperor nodded and continued: "Then the scholar I met in the teahouse at the end, the three thugs, and the young man, what I want to say is, say less and see more, to judge rationally, don't have preconceived ideas, since the scholar was beaten by the person in the casino, this shows that this person is a good gambler, not a good person, if it is a good person, how can he provoke the gambling man, as for the young man, just to find something to do, such a young man is the most scalp hot, the subjective consciousness is too strong, only think that what he sees is true, Never reckless about the consequences, such a person has developed limbs and a simple mind, and there is no threat at all, on the other hand, the three thugs are reasonable and sexual, and they are very disciplined, knowing that the young man is not easy to provoke, so he took the initiative to show weakness, and was auspicious, but the young man was a tenacious person, regardless of it, so the fight started. ”

The First Emperor smiled and said, "The person behind this gambling hall must be good, I want to meet him." ”

Fusu couldn't figure out why the First Emperor was interested in the person behind the gambling house.

The First Emperor smiled: "If you can train such a palm, your person must not be an ordinary person." Okay, I'll talk about that later, and then tell me what happened after I took you to follow the scholar to his residence, what do you think? ”

When he mentioned this Fusu, he was angry and said: "This person is treacherous and cunning, he acts without scruples, and he even robs his mother's belongings, which is really an unforgivable sin." ”

The First Emperor shook his head and said, "As I just said, you can't judge whether a person's actions are wrong or not because of subjective consciousness. ”

Fusu looked at the First Emperor slightly in confusion.

The First Emperor said: "That scholar is an extremely shrewd person, and this person has no bottom line, he is a person who knows what he needs now and what he should give up. ”

Fusu couldn't figure it out, and the first emperor helplessly explained: "This person is really bad at gambling, and he is indeed a loser, but he can still tell what he needs, this time he was beaten, almost scattered, and also made him aware of the seriousness of the matter, if he does not solve the debt owed by the casino as soon as possible, then what awaits him is not a matter of a bracelet, but a matter of family ruin." ”

The First Emperor looked at Fusu with an incredulous face and said, "Although that young man blocked those three people for him, do you think that scholar will be grateful to that nosy young man?" No, he will hate that teenager, if he has the opportunity, he will kill that teenager, because it is his nosy affairs that make the contradiction between him and the casino side be intensified to a road that has to be solved, as long as he was beaten by those three people, say two cruel words, even if this matter is over, he can still live freely with this gambling debt, but this time this teenager made the casino lose face, he patted his ass and left, the casino couldn't find anyone, so he could only take the book to get angry, Because all this was caused by the scholar's gambling debts, the casino will definitely kill the scholar's family for the sake of face. ”

Fusu suddenly realized: "That's why that scholar is desperate to take away his wife's bracelet, completely ignoring his mother's last words, and also taking away the bracelet to pay off the gambling debts of the casino, so as to avoid the casino people coming to the door, but it will be the end of the family." ”

The First Emperor nodded and said: "That's right, so when I was in the teahouse, I stopped you from coming forward to help that scholar, after all, you didn't help him, but hurt him, so that young man seemed to help him, and it also gave people a spirit of chivalry and righteousness, in fact, in my opinion, such a talent is the most damned, the state has national laws, and Daqin has the laws of Daqin, why do you need these chivalrous people to point fingers." Saying this, the First Emperor's eyes emitted a cold light.