It has been a few days since the end of the Imperial Meeting.

However, the courtiers were silent about the matter of establishing the prince this time.

There seems to be a doubt in my heart.

The other side.

After Fusu and the others left Jiuyuan, they embarked on the road to return to the country, and the atmosphere on the way was very brisk.

The longer he stayed in the army, the more Fusu became more and more extraordinary, and the more deeply he realized the painstaking efforts of his father to let him get acquainted with the Montessori brothers.

In all fairness.

In the period of growing up as a teenager, it has to be said that it is a great luck to be able to take a character like Meng Tian as a teacher and experience it in the mighty army.

Just thinking of this, Fusu frowned secretly.

Meng Tian was his foreign teacher, but he never regarded himself as his foreign teacher, and was dedicated to the country, but when the Xiongnu disturbed the border, his father sent Meng Tian to lead the troops to the expedition, and he went north for several years, and in the past few years, he didn't know how to walk with Confucianism.

Looking back now, I have mixed feelings in my heart, and I can't tell what it's like.

This emotion did not last long, Fusu's mind was devoted to understanding the army, this military trip, let him have a practical understanding of the Great Qin army, a more detailed grasp of the situation at the bottom, and a little more convinced of what Ji Heng said at the beginning.

That's the best part of the trip.

The straight is long.

From the beginning of the departure and return to Xianyang, it took seven or eight days, all the way down, Fusu also felt deeply tired.

After saying goodbye to Meng Tian and Li Xin, Fusu went straight back to the palace.

The eunuch Wei Sheng was waiting outside the hall early, and when he saw Fusu coming back, he also hurriedly greeted him.

"Chen Wei Sheng congratulates the son, congratulates the son." Wei Sheng knelt on the ground, his eyes unable to hide the excitement.

Hear the words.

Fusu was stunned.

He looked at Wei Sheng curiously, and asked suspiciously, "What are you congratulating on?" What are you celebrating again? Why can't I understand? ”

He didn't say anything.

He has been in the army and knows very little about the situation in the DPRK, and when he received the edict later, he has been busy on the road, and he has not received any news on the way, and he has no understanding of the matter of the establishment of the prince discussed by the DPRK and China.

Wei Sheng said excitedly: "Childe has been busy on the road these days, so I am afraid I haven't heard the news. ”

"Your Majesty has decided to make Gongzi the prince."

"The minister is the son."

Wei Sheng bowed again.

"My father has decided to make a prince?" Fu Su was stunned for a moment, then his heart froze, and he said solemnly: "Wei Sheng, this kind of talk can't be nonsense, where did you hear the news?" And who told you that. ”

Fusu looked cautious.

Wei Shenghu looked at Fusu suspiciously, as if he found that Fusu really didn't know, so he could only arch his hand and say: "Gongzi may not know, five days ago, His Majesty held a court meeting, and the content of the court meeting was to discuss the matter of the prince, at that time, hundreds of courtiers of the Manchu Dynasty discussed, and finally decided to establish the prince. ”

"The minister thought that the son already knew."

"It's just that looking at the appearance of the son, it seems that he doesn't know at all, but this minister is a little unclear."

Wei Sheng told the truth.

Immediately, Wei Sheng seemed to realize that there was something wrong with his words, and hurriedly made up for it: "Presumably, Gongzi was busy on the road at that time, so the court did not report this matter to Gongzi, and His Majesty's official notice has not been directly issued, so it is normal for Gongzi not to know." ”

"It's just that this matter has already spread in the palace and the city."

"How dare the minister fool the son?"

Seeing Wei Sheng's serious face, Fusu was a little convinced, and he was very suspicious of this, but more of a strong uneasiness and apprehension.

The word prince is of great significance.

This represents responsibility.

He is no longer the ignorant young man he used to be.

In the past six months, he has grown rapidly, and he has really tasted the huge responsibility and the weight of the world, and in a trance, he even began to doubt himself.

Can you really afford the heavy responsibility of the world?

He didn't know.

The only thing he knows is that in the past ten years, the Qin State has swallowed the world, the country has suddenly become bigger, the state affairs have suddenly increased, and the former King of Qin has already become the co-master of the world, and has become His Majesty the Emperor, this is only the most superficial change, and the deeper change is far beyond the understanding of the people in the world.

The vast majority of people in the world, as well as their previous selves, only have the emperor's incomparably sacred power and aura in their vision, but only when they really understand the country can they know how simple this idea is.

The great expansion of the state and the rapid increase of power are terrifying for the plundering of the monarch's energy.

It has only been nine years since the founding of the Great Qin, but he has seen the rapid aging of his father, and he has also seen the great daily hard work of his father, which is not at all understandable to ordinary people.

The undercurrents of the world, the rivalries of courtiers, etc., even if they are in a high position, they are also walking on thin ice.

He had never thought about becoming a prince in the past, and even regarded himself as a prince for a long time, but this position of prince really fell on his head, and Fusu rarely had a trace of cowardice and evasion.

Fusu looked at Wei Sheng and said solemnly: "Don't say anything about the prince, my father's edict was officially issued, I am still just a son, no different from other younger brothers, don't make a fool of yourself to the outside world, if you know about it, you will be severely punished." ”

Wei Sheng hurriedly said, "The minister doesn't dare." ”

Fusu entered the hall, like Wei Sheng, his wife, concubine, and children were all in the palace to congratulate him, Fusu waved his hand in annoyance, signaling them to leave, just said that he was tired of traveling, and he didn't want to pay attention to these, and after speaking, he went straight to the bath and changed clothes.

Half a day.

Fusu changed into neat clothes.

He didn't stay in Yonggong for too long, and went directly to meet his father.

The news of Fusu's return to the palace has long been in the ears of the First Emperor, and the First Emperor was not surprised by the arrival of Fusu, he calmly looked at Fusu a few times, nodded with satisfaction, and said: "It's dark, thin, but it's more capable than before." ”

Hear the words.

Fusu's heart was hot.

It's been a long time since he's been praised by his father.

This time, for the first time, the first emperor put down the almost endless desk affairs for Fusu, and for the first time, he also ordered a small banquet to be set up in the study, and he was tired and relaxed and leaned on the couch to talk with Fusu.

Father and son, the first emperor asked, Fusu said.

Fusu told everything he saw and heard in the Jiuyuan army, including the prevention and counterattack of the Jiuyuan army against the Xiongnu, and also said what he saw and heard at the bottom of the army, and also talked about what he saw and heard on the way from south to north.

The atmosphere in the study is very harmonious.

After listening to Fusu's experience for a while, Ying Zheng asked with interest: "You have spent a lot of time in the place this year, you have walked in the land of Lao Qin, and you have also stayed in the desolate Northern Plains, tell me, how is the current situation in the world?" ”

Fusu's face tightened, knowing that his father was taking the school himself, he didn't dare to be careless, thought about it in his mind, and said in a deep voice: "In the past ten years, the great cause of consolidating China set by my father at the beginning of the founding of the country has achieved initial results, the roads are smooth, the business travel is dense, the river defense is exhausted, the boats and boats on the big rivers are much denser, the fields and canals are smooth, the farming fields have improved, and the road is full of vitality, and there is no chaos during the war. ”

Ying Zheng smiled and said: "Talk about what are the shortcomings. ”

Fusu hesitated, and finally said calmly: "As far as the minister's in-depth understanding of the local area, Daqin only has the affairs related to the major affairs of the imperial court to be implemented, and as for all the practical matters related to the people's livelihood, they are still very messy, or even no progress, or little progress. ”

"Be specific." Ying Zheng said calmly.

Fusu said: "Erchen went to the Beiyuan army during this time, and it was the first time he learned that Great Qin abolished the currency of the six countries and used the Qin half tael in a unified manner, but the number of Qin and half taels in the world is very small, and the currency of the six countries is still circulating in many places. ”

"The problem of migration."

"The original intention of the father was to make Guandong and Guanzhong complementary, in order to eliminate the hatred between the two places, but the actual effect was not good, the old Qin people who migrated to the past, because the number was relatively small, but they were bullied by the original people of the six places, coupled with the bias of local officials, many old Qin people are complaining about this."

"Guanzhong is very different from Kanto."

"Another."

"Population registration in six places."

"From time to time in the army, I talked with the low-level non-commissioned officers in the army, and also talked with the conscripts who built the Great Wall, many of whom were Qiantou from the six regions, and I accidentally learned from them that the local powerful nobles had hidden populations in the past, and these populations were not registered in the household registration of Daqin."

"There are also problems such as land tax and forced labor in various places, the output of grain varieties is different in different places, and the taxes are not the same, but the local officials do not use the highest field tax to collect it, but the one handed over to the imperial court is the lowest, and then they make a lot of profits from it."

“.”

Ying Zheng listened quietly, his expression was very calm and calm.

Seeing this, Fusu's thoughts flew, but what he said was very steady, he said: "In addition to all kinds of practical things related to people's livelihood, the specific thing is related to the reform of people's livelihood, and Guanzhong and Kanto are actually two sets of systems in parallel. ”

"Local officials have great discretionary power, and the imperial court originally asked them to make the most beneficial choice for the local government according to the actual situation, but now it has become a private place for local officials to seek personal gains, and they artificially create a money and food gap through the difference between the two systems, and seek massive benefits from it."

"Local leaders have suffered greatly from it."

Fusu said very energetically.

When it comes to emotion, even dancing with hands, I can't hide the anger in my heart.

Ying Zheng was not surprised by Fusu's excitement, nor did he reprimand, but listened lightly, and after Fusu finished telling everything he had heard, Ying Zheng nodded lightly and said: "How difficult the people's livelihood is, the imperial court has been relatively laissez-faire in the past for the reform of the people's livelihood." ”

"But people's livelihood is not too important."

"At least not right now."

Hear the words.

Fusu's pupils shrank.

His eyes were full of shock and incredulity.

He was a little puzzled, why did his father say that?

Regarding Fusu's surprise, Ying Zheng said indifferently: "You have talked with Ji Heng many times, and Ji Heng has also told you a lot of truths, but have you ever said that you want to solve the people's livelihood?" ”

(End of chapter)