Mid-April.

It has been some time since Shima returned to the court.

With the corresponding meritorious deeds, the Great Qin Dynasty has undergone a lot of changes.

Xianyang Palace.

Fusu walked out of the main hall with a pale face, his steps were slightly messy, and his eyes were a little confused.

His petition was again rejected by the First Emperor.

He was puzzled.

Why did the First Emperor tolerate some mediocre officials to remain in power?

It has been nearly a month since the announcement was issued, and in this month, a lot of changes have taken place in the Tingwei Mansion, a large number of officials have been demoted, some have been transferred to local places, and some are still in the Tingwei Mansion, but they have long lost their previous vigor.

During this period of time, Fusu supervised the progress of the "Commercial Law" and "Industrial Law", and found many unworthy officials in it, so he has been writing to the First Emperor during this time, asking the First Emperor to transfer these people, or degrade them again, and cannot let these officials continue to steal high positions.

But several of his submissions were suppressed.

Initially.

He thought that he didn't know what he wrote, or that the first emperor was busy with political affairs, so he missed it, so he personally came to the palace today to admonish, but what he didn't expect was that the first emperor didn't even look at it, and directly threw back the bamboo slips presented, and ordered not to go to these unobjectionable notes again.

Fusu lowered his head and looked at the bamboo slip in his palm, his eyebrows furrowed.

He turned his head, glanced at Xianyang Palace, hesitated for a moment, put the bamboo slip back in his sleeve, and walked away.

Back to Yonggong, Fusu sat on the seat, he took out the bamboo slips, looked at it carefully, there was no problem with what was written, it was reasonable, well-founded and modest, and the 'mediocrity' of some officials was all highlighted.

"Father, what does this mean?" Fusu frowned.

He ran his fingertips over the bamboo slips, thought carefully, and tried to guess the intentions of the First Emperor, he knew that the First Emperor must have the reason and intention of the First Emperor in doing this.

One of them must have been something I didn't expect before.

Fusu pondered.

Ultimately.

After thinking back to the situation of the court at that time, a gleam suddenly flashed in his eyes, and he already roughly knew why his father would ignore it.

Because it can't go on any longer!

Fusu stood up, tapped the palm of his left hand on the back of his right hand, and said in a condensed voice: "I still have too much of a superficial view of the situation in the court, and I only want to expel everything that is not suitable for the court, but I don't take it into account, there are some things that are not suitable for in-depth study, let alone stabbing to the end with a stick." ”

"I'm thinking too simply!"

"When my father announced the punishment directly in the palace, I was probably reminding me to stop in moderation and stop at the point, but I didn't understand it at all, I just thought that my father was angry, so he directly announced the punishment, and now that I think about it, it's not what I think at all."

"When the original emperor was punished, the real officials in charge of the Tingwei Mansion, except for Tingwei Mengyi, no one was really demoted, most of them were just demoted from the original 'true' to 'fake', and the actual impact was very small, except for some middle and lower-level officials, they were really demoted."

"Father should be appeasing the courtiers by doing this."

That's it.

Fusu's eyes were clear.

As the so-called all-in-one, he has now suddenly opened up.

He admonished: "The court of Great Qin is not as calm as imagined, and it is far from being the harmony that the world thinks, but there is always a game. ”

"The game of the monarch and the minister!"

"Although the father and emperor have always been firmly in charge, but they can't really take care of the needs of their courtiers in vain, as Mr. Ji said, Daqin's decree is not the emperor's mouth, the decree can be implemented without discount, and the decree needs to be done."

"Even if it's the first emperor, you have to rely on your courtiers!"

"And this is the key for the courtiers to dare to play with their father."

"The court is inseparable from the courtiers!"

"Because of this, Zheng Ru, the son of Zheng Guo, Du Bing, the son of Du He, and a few others, their talents are not enough to be up to the task at the moment, but they can always continue to stay in place, most of them are the result of the first emperor's consideration, and they can't make the courtiers complain because of a temporary matter, if so, who should do the political affairs of Great Qin?"

"Ugh."

Fusu sighed.

The incomprehension in his original heart was instantly unraveled at this moment.

He whispered: "I still look too shallow about the situation in the court, and I am too self-righteous, although my father has a high prestige in the court, but he can't really go his own way, especially when it involves many high-ranking courtiers' heirs, how can this be easily defeated with one shot?" ”

"The first emperor directly announced it at the beginning, but it was also to ease the hearts of Duhe and others, they understood their father's thoughts, so they did not continue to stop it, and the Tingwei Mansion did not cause chaos during this time."

"That's the real reason."

Fusu shook his head.

The more he learned about the court, the more he lamented that it was not easy for the first emperor.

Not only to face the common people in the world, but also to consider the situation of the courtiers, the first emperor is indeed powerful, and he can also decide the life and death of a person at will, but if he really does it, he can't act so wantonly, but can only control it within a relative range.

No, no.

It's unwilling.

Compared with the stability of the world, it is more appropriate to make appropriate trade-offs.

Compromise is political !!

Forthwith.

Fusu couldn't help but lament his former innocence.

In the past, he always thought that the court was the same heart of the monarch and the ministers, and he also thought that the courtiers were dedicated to the public and the country, but when he really went deep into the court, he deeply realized that this was not the case, the water in the court was very muddy, so muddy that it could completely swallow people, and no one could see it.

Thinking back on his past behaviors, he couldn't help but laugh again and again.

At that time, he thought that he was very powerful, and he could perceive things that his father could not perceive, and he could perceive things that the courtiers could not perceive, so he went to the first emperor again and again, trying to change the first emperor's mind, and also wanted to prove that what he did was correct.

It was also the First Emperor's mistake.

But now that I think about it, I was so stupid at that time, how many books I read, how many miles I walked, and I dared to judge the world? also tried in vain to contradict the First Emperor, he was clearly deceived by others, and was led by the nose throughout the whole process, but in fact he was a pawn pushed by the courtiers to the front desk to play with the First Emperor.

He was still complacent.

Fusu smiled bitterly, his eyes full of gloom.

He threw the bamboo slip aside from the case, not wanting to pay too much attention to it.

The First Emperor didn't want to target the courtiers too harshly, so how could he be impulsive again?

He knows it well.

Great Qin is not suitable for targeting courtiers now.

The world of Great Qin still needs to be governed by these people.

Great Qin already lacked officials, and if all the courtiers were convicted because of this, the monarchs and ministers would be completely detached from morality, and then the Great Qin court would not be far from disintegrating.

It is also difficult to sustain it.

He wasn't alarmist.

It's a fact.

Great Qin is currently short of officials, and if he offends all these people, there will only be more officials lacking in Great Qin, and it is precisely because of this that the First Emperor will avoid the courtiers.

For the sake of stability in the world.

"Great Qin lacks officials." Fusu sighed softly.

That's it.

He suddenly remembered what Wei Sheng told him some time ago, Gongzi and Gao had gone to find Ji Heng before, and after he came back, he became active, and went to the Survey Office and the Imperial History Mansion from time to time.

He whispered, "Mr. Ji, what did you say to the second brother?" ”

After thinking about it, he decided to check it out.

He said loudly outside the hall: "Wei Sheng will prepare the carriage and horses, and I will go to the Prince's Academy." ”

Not for a while.

Fusu took the car to the Prince Academy.

The Imperial Academy is located in the West Garden of Wangcheng, which was originally under the jurisdiction of the Prince Fu, and the General Department of the civil and military enlightenment of the children of the royal family, but the first emperor has not set up the prince since he was in power, so he has not set up the prince Fu, but it has not eliminated the administrator of the Prince Fu official office.

At present, the Nuo Grand Official's Office is only responsible for teaching all the children of the royal family.

It's incredibly idle.

As soon as Fusu entered the courtyard, he saw several sons with neat crowns and belts, already waiting on the side.

Seeing this, Fusu smiled and said: "Your younger brothers have been doing well recently, brother, I have been busy with political affairs recently, but I am a little alienated and neglected you." ”

"I apologize to you for my brother."

said.

Fusu bowed slightly.

Gongzi and the others glanced at each other, how dare they let Fusu see the courtesy, and hurriedly helped Fusu up, and said, "Brother, why did you say this?" My younger brother is stupid and can't solve problems for my father, and now it's all handed over to my brother, and I'm really ashamed in my heart. ”

Fusu's eyes were slightly different.

He looked at the verdant trees around him, and also sighed: "Although my father has a preference for us, he has also raised us into caged birds, the talents of your younger brothers, as an elder brother, I know it, if you can be like the children of the clan in the past, how can you do nothing?" I'm afraid that I have already made a name for myself and made a contribution. ”

Hear the words.

Childe and others looked at him slightly.

In their memory, although Fusu was close to them, he rarely had an opinion on his father's decision about the clan, so why did he suddenly say such a thing this time?

Childe Gao said: "The eldest brother praised it falsely. ”

Fusu exchanged a few words with a few younger brothers, and then went straight into the school, and as soon as he entered the school, he saw a pile of bamboo slips like a hill, and then walked over, and said curiously: "You have been studying these recently?" ”

Childe's face changed slightly.

It's just something in the academy, it's really hard to hide, Gongzi Gao had to bite the bullet and say: "This is indeed something that our brothers have been obsessed with for a while, which makes my brother laugh." ”

Fusu picked up one of the bamboo slips, looked at the clear "The Way of the Official" on it, and couldn't help but turn his head and look at Gongzi Gao.

Gongzi Gao's face stiffened slightly, and he arched his hand and said, "My brother is busy this time, and we don't dare to disturb us, so we haven't had time to inform my brother about this." ”

"I went with Jiang Lu and Rong Lu to visit Mr. Ji some time ago."

"Our talent can not be compared with my brother, fortunately my father's favoritism, can temporarily get the clan membership, but if the name is not right, it is not good, we have not built an inch of great Qin, and we are really afraid to obtain the clan membership, in order not to let the father's prestige be damaged, but also for the future to be able to shadow the heir, I want Mr. Ji to seek to wait for me to get a knighthood."

"Mr. Ji is outstanding, and he has indeed thought of a way for us."

"Mr. Ji's method lies in edification!"

"Indoctrination?" Fusu frowned, a little incomprehensible.

Childe Gao also smiled bitterly.

When he heard Ji Heng's words at that time, why didn't he feel this way?

What kind of edification can they do?

He continued: "My brother heard me right, the method given by Mr. Ji is 'education', and let my younger brother compile a book of education to educate the people of Great Qin in the future. ”

"Mr. Ji also said that the merit of education is beneficial for a thousand years."

"Although we are puzzled, we are also well aware of Mr. Ji's talent, so after returning to the palace, we did not dare to slack off, and borrowed the books related to the government and the books taught by the master when I taught me in the past, and tried to compile a book of education."

"It's just that it's been busy for most of the month, and there is little success."

Side.

Hearing Gongzi Gao's words, Jiang Lu and the others also looked embarrassed.

Fusu asked curiously, "Mr. Ji, what kind of book of education do you want to compile?" ”

Gongzi Gao said: "Mr. Ji said that it is not to train officials, but to allow more people to be able to read and hyphenate, so he suggested that we use official scripts. ”

"Lishu?" Fu Su frowned and said, "The text of Da Qin is set by Qin Seal." ”

Gongzi nodded and said: "The unified script set by the court at the beginning is indeed Qin Seal, but Mr. Ji does not recommend using Qin Seal, Qin Seal is more complex to write than Lishu, and it is more difficult to learn, so it is not convenient for subsequent promotion and use." ”

"So it's more convenient to be a book."

"In addition."

Mr. Ji also suggested designing a set of logos.

"Used for sentence reading."

"It is easy to improve the efficiency of learning."

"Everything, in order to reduce the cost of learning, the official book is more concise than Qin Seal, and there are Cheng Miao, Wang Cizhong and other official books in the court, and the official book has gradually taken shape, so it is the most suitable."

Fusu's eyes closed slightly.

He asked curiously, "Has Mr. Ji ever explained the reason?" ”

Childe Gao shook his head.

He said: "Mr. Ji only said that this is what Daqin will do in the future, and also said that it is related to the change of the military merit system, but he did not tell us more, and we did not dare to ask more, and we also knew our talents, so we were only bent on compiling a suitable volume of 'Book of Education'. ”

"If the court can really use it in the future, my brothers and I can be regarded as solving problems for my father."

"That's enough for us."

Fusu's heart moved slightly.

If a large number of people in Guanzhong can read and write, wouldn't it provide the imperial court with a large number of follow-up officials? If this is the case, how will the court be subject to the courtiers in the future?

The lack of officials in Great Qin will also be greatly reduced.

That's it.

He thought a lot.

In the past six months, through a series of actions of 'Guanshan Hai', the imperial court has collected a large amount of money and grain, which is very huge, enough to compare with the land rent in the past half a year in the Kanto region.

Ji Heng once said.

The trickiest thing for Daqin at the moment is the solid foundation.

Consolidate Guanzhong.

Then it is to calm the morale of the army.

And if you want to fulfill the promises of the past, it will undoubtedly cost a lot of money, and now the imperial court seems to have the confidence to face this.

Moreover, after some time ago, the people of Guanzhong are very convinced of the imperial court.

Popular hearts are available.

It is not easy to have an accident in a short period of time.

But after all, this is a palliative rather than a cure, and if you want to truly stabilize Guanzhong, the key still falls on the army.

The army is the foundation of Great Qin's standing in the world.

As for indoctrination

I'm afraid that Mr. Ji is thinking about the future.

When the Guanzhong is stable and the military spirit is available, the court will have enough strength to try to make some changes to the world, and the importance of 'education' at that time will continue to be highlighted.

Fusu slightly forehead.

He looked at Gongzi and others, and encouraged with a smile: "Mr. Ji will hand over such an important matter to you, you must do it well, don't let Mr. Ji down, if after the book is completed, it can be valued by my father, I believe that my father will not be stingy, and will definitely give his younger brothers a knighthood." ”

"Congratulations to you in advance for my brother."

Hear the words.

Childe and others secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

They were worried that it would cause Fusu to be dissatisfied, but they never thought that Fusu not only did not blame, but also encouraged them a lot, and there was a lot of emotion in their hearts.

Gongzi Gao hurriedly said, "Thank you, brother." ”

Fu Su said with a smile: "If you have any ideas, you can consult Hu Wujing, Cheng Miao and others, they are very good at compiling books and official books, which will be of great help to you." ”

Speaking of which.

Fusu was suddenly stunned.

If he remembers correctly, Ji Heng is the real Lishu master.

When Ji Heng's carved stone was moved out of prison, Cheng Miao and others were very impressed by the stone carving, and even sighed that they had never seen Ji Heng.

This stunned state lasted only a short time.

He didn't want to tell Gongzi Gao about Ji Henghui's book.

When Ji Heng gave advice to the high-ranking people, he didn't say it, so how could he talk about it?

And Ji Heng's identity can't be revealed after all.

If Gongzi and others go to consult Ji Heng, after a long time, they will probably find out for Cheng Miao and others, and it will be difficult to explain at that time.

The current situation is good.

Fusu once again spoke to exhort a few people to do more, if they really encountered something that could not be solved, they must tell him, and he would come forward to solve it for them.

In a harmonious atmosphere of brothers, friends and brothers, Fusu reluctantly left.

Looking at the figure of Fusu leaving, Gongzi Gao couldn't help but sigh: "The eldest brother has changed amazingly in the past six months, and the eldest brother in the past is already like two people. ”

Jiang Lu also nodded and said, "I feel the same way." ”

"Under the guidance of Mr. Ji, the eldest brother has begun to have some authority, and even some are not angry and arrogant, but with Mr. Ji's assistance, it should be a blessing for Daqin."

"I'm afraid, I'm afraid that the eldest brother will change in the future." Rong Lu couldn't help but mutter.

High, will be silent.

In the past, they bowed their heads and didn't look up with Fusu, so they were very familiar with each other, but now Fusu has gradually become unfamiliar with them, and even has a strangeness.

There is also a bit of indifference.

This indifference did not come from Fusu himself, but from the change of his temperament.

In the past, Fusu was gentle and elegant, but now Fusu's momentum is restrained, and it invisibly reveals a majesty, which makes people feel palpitations.

But they couldn't help but worry that Fusu would become indifferent and ruthless.

Come to think of this.

They were more attentive to the compilation of the 'Book of Enlightenment'.

They can't control the changes in Fusu, and they really don't dare to put their fate on brotherly feelings, and the only thing they can rely on is the title.

For the knighthood.

They can be truly at ease.

Several people glanced at each other, and then looked at the bamboo slips piled up like a hill, their eyes full of fighting spirit.

(End of chapter)