Chapter 21: Hidden Dangers
Hearing Li Si's intercession for Ran Fang, Ying Zheng raised his eyebrows slightly.
Rare!
This Li Si is actually interceding for a Confucian student?!
If this news spreads, I'm afraid it will shock a lot of people!
Thinking of this, the corners of Ying Zheng's mouth raised slightly, and he said lightly: "Not allowed!" The prime minister doesn't need to mention this matter anymore. ”
This result was somewhat unexpected by Lis!
He also thought that His Majesty knew Ran Fang's talent, and it was only a matter of time before he was released.
I didn't expect His Majesty to refuse, and he refused so simply.
He was a little confused about Yingzheng's thoughts for a while, and he knew that Ran Fang had talent, so what if he let him enter the ranks?
Although he was curious, Li Si still didn't ask any more.
After all, the whole world belongs to His Majesty, and what His Majesty wants to do is not something he can control.
It's this Ran Fang, he still has to investigate it well.
See what else you don't know.
"I understand."
"If there is nothing to do, the minister will retire first."
Seeing Yingzheng nodded, Li Si slowly withdrew from the main hall.
After Li Si left, Ying Zheng waved his hand.
"Stand down, I want to be alone for a while."
Zhao Gao didn't dare to ask more, so he withdrew from the main hall with all his attendants.
The huge Zhangtai Palace, leaving only Yingzheng alone in a moment.
His eyes fell on the bamboo slips and he couldn't come back to his senses for a long time, and his thoughts drifted somewhere.
Now that he is over half a hundred years old, he feels more and more unwell, he doesn't want to leave just like that, but birth, old age, sickness and death are reincarnations that cannot be shaken off, so he can only go with the flow, although he has regrets, he can't do anything.
It's a pity that there is not much he can do now.
What he is greedy for is not power and status, but whether the country of Great Qin can continue for generations.
Indeed, as Ran Fang said, the next prince in his heart is Fusu, but if Fusu is indecisive and respectful, this is definitely not a good thing for Daqin, and if he can change, it will also be a good thing.
But now there is still a problem, that is, the first Fusu has no military merits, and the second has no strength.
If you want him to control the situation in the DPRK, there must be someone behind him to support him, before he felt that Meng Tian was the candidate, and now it seems that this Ran Fang is also possible.
"Ran Fang, if you can see through the widow's thoughts, then you don't want to live up to the widow's expectations."
"If you can make Fusu realize the good intentions of the widow, what if the widow lets you out of prison?"
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Inside Xianyang Prison.
At this time, Fusu was still sitting in a daze.
Today, Ran Fang's words surprised him, and he still hasn't come back to his senses.
In his impression, his father has always been very strict with him.
As long as there is one thing that is not done right, it must be a very severe punishment.
Just like this time when he was imprisoned, he angered his father just because he said a few words for Confucianism, and then he was imprisoned in Xianyang Prison.
He originally thought that this was his father's means of punishing him.
After that, his father was his father's idea, and he was still his own idea.
Now it seems that the purpose of the father is not to take care of him, but to let himself understand the truth!
At this time, Ran Fang saw that Fusu was still thinking there, his expression was sometimes sluggish, sometimes he was thinking hard, and he couldn't help but want to laugh in his heart.
"Don't think about it anymore, the ministers of the DPRK and the Central Committee don't dare to get involved in this kind of thing easily, do you want to meddle in a Confucian life?"
Fusu looked at Ran Fang, his eyes full of confusion.
"I don't want to get involved in it, but I don't understand it a little, it is rumored that His Majesty's attitude towards Fusu Gongzi is very bad, and it is not as you said, there is a intention to make him the prince."
Hearing this, Ran Fang raised his eyebrows.
This Su Gongzi cares so much about Fusu Prince, it seems that he knows Fusu the same way~!
Otherwise, why would he be so concerned about Fusu's affairs?
Moreover, his father said that he knew Prime Minister Li Si that day, which means that they should not be ordinary businessmen, otherwise how could they be on the line with Li Si?
It seems that he is going to take a fresh look at this person's identity.
But Ran Fang's face didn't show any suspicion, just glanced at Fusu lightly.
"I've already said the reason, and I think Your Majesty has high hopes for Fusu, otherwise with Fusu's pedantic brain, I'm afraid that he would have been disliked along with those Confucian students."
"Not only that, in order to train Fusu, Your Majesty will definitely send Fusu to Northern Xinjiang in the future, so that he can experience in Northern Xinjiang and obtain some military merits at the same time."
"In this way, that Fusu is the only one with military merits among His Majesty's many sons, and it is only natural that he will be established as the prince."
Fusu looked a little embarrassed, he didn't expect that when Ran Fang talked about himself, he always kept the word "pedantic", he felt that he was just more influenced by Confucianism, but he really didn't put Confucianism first.
But when he heard Ran Fang say that his father was going to send him to the northern frontier, he didn't believe it, and he didn't care about the disrespect in Ran Fang's words.
"Northern Xinjiang?"
"Why Northern Xinjiang?"
Ran Fang nodded, and said in a very leisurely tone: "It can only be Northern Xinjiang, because there is Meng Tian in Northern Xinjiang." ”
"For so many years, Fusu has always respected Confucianism, contrary to the views of many ministers in the court, and it is impossible for these ministers to sincerely support Fusu."
"And the Meng family has been loyal and good for generations, and that Meng Tian can also be regarded as the teacher of Fusu Gongzi, which is also of great benefit to Fusu Gongzi's ascension."
"Your Majesty has unified the six countries, so his next plan must be to deal with the Xiongnu in the north, and when the time comes, the prince of Fusu will go to the northern frontier, and his military exploits will not be able to run."
"Your Majesty's idea is still good, but now is not the best time."
Hearing this, Fusu was stunned for a moment.
He thought that Ran Fang was going to praise his father a few more words, but he didn't expect to say such a sentence as soon as he turned around!
"Why?"
Ran Fang looked at Fusu and smiled faintly.
"Now the Great Qin is burdened with conscription, and the Qianshou since the real field has made the people even worse, and it has also accelerated the speed of the people's resistance, and the construction of the Great Wall and the construction of the Emperor's Mausoleum have increased the burden of life on the people of the world."
"If you have the chance, will they make a living on their own?"
Fusu was stunned, and didn't react for a while, especially what Ran Fang said about Qianshou from Shitian, isn't this policy beneficial to the people?
Shouldn't the people be more supportive of Daqin by letting them own their own land, then reporting it to the government, and then collecting land rents accordingly?
"Sir, this policy is a policy for the benefit of the people, why does it make the lives of the people worse? Are you wrong? ”
Ran Fang glanced at Fusu up and down, and said with a smile: "You are a nobleman in this Xianyang City, and your family is in business, so naturally you will not understand the suffering of the people at the bottom. ”
"Do you know how many officials use their small power to oppress the people, and how many officials prevaricate about the affairs of the people and are unwilling to be promoted?"
"The people at the bottom have a hard life, and the nobles at the top don't eat minced meat, so how can the officials in the court really know the resentment and grievances of the people?"
"This gap is getting wider and wider, and it is bound to cause revolt among the people. Not only that, but there are also the remnants of the Six Kingdoms eyeing each other, they will not let go of such a good opportunity, and they will definitely find the right time to give Great Qin a fatal blow! ”
"The current Great Qin, if it weren't for His Majesty's residual power to suppress it, they must have wanted to do it a long time ago."