Early the next morning, Feng Quji and I led the officials who stayed in Xianyang to bid farewell to Yingzheng at the south gate of Xianyang City.

Seeing the team of Yingzheng's eastern tour go away, Feng Qu quickly turned his head and said to me: "Your Highness, although the emperor said before he went out on patrol that he would let his ministers and His Highness deal with the affairs of Xianyang together, but the emperor has always been on patrol, and most of the civil and military officials will follow the emperor, so there is nothing particularly important, Your Highness can rest assured." ”

I smiled and arched my hand: "The prime minister is too modest, my father asked me to learn more from the prime minister, and the construction of Afang Palace and Lishan Mausoleum was entrusted to me, and Fusu didn't dare to slack off." ”

Feng Quji laughed and said, "Your Highness is humble and studious, which is the blessing of my Great Qin." ”

Then he said: "If Your Highness doesn't give up, can you talk about it?" ”

"But it's disrespectful." I didn't shirk it, Feng Qujian is the right minister, and he should have a deeper understanding.

Then I followed Feng Qujian to Feng Xiang's mansion.

Daqin has two prime ministers on the left and right, so there are also two prime minister's mansions, generally called Feng Quji's official office is Feng Xiangfu, and Li Si's official office is called the Prime Minister's Mansion.

Mainly because although Feng Quji and Li Si are both prime ministers, most of the power of the actual empire is in the hands of Li Si, and Yingzheng also prefers Li Si, so most of the things are handled by Li Si, and the prime minister's mansion where Li Si is located is only used for office purposes, and Li Si does not live in it, but has his own mansion where he lives alone.

Feng Xiang's Mansion is a combination of office and residence, the front yard is the daily office place, and the back yard is the place where he lives. It is said that the people who are good friends with Feng Quji are complaining for Feng Quji, why is Li Si's official office called the Prime Minister's Mansion, isn't Feng Xiang the Prime Minister? In the end, Feng Quji stood up and clarified that he specially asked Ying Zheng to set it up like this, and the matter was over.

However, I think that Ying Zheng may like Li Si, but if you want to talk about trust, I think Ying Zheng trusts Feng Quji more. There are two reasons for this:

First, Feng Quji is a descendant of Feng Ting, whose ancestral home is South Korea, but he has served the Qin State since his father, and if compared with Li Si, he can be regarded as the old nobleman of the Qin State, and has made great contributions to the Qin State's domination of the world. There is no doubt about their loyalty to the Qin State, otherwise Feng Quji would have become the right prime minister, how could Yingzheng let his son Feng Zaogui be the imperial historian, and the third prince Feng family would monopolize the second;

Second, Ying Zheng took Li Si with him on the first few tours, and Feng went to stay in Xianyang, you can say that Li Si is more favored, but it makes sense to say that he is afraid that Li Si will make a mess in Xianyang, so it makes sense to take him with him. Xianyang is the capital, and Ying Zheng is relieved to hand over Xianyang to Feng Quji, at least it shows that Ying Zheng is not worried that Feng Quji will do things.

Of course, these are all my guesses, after all, I don't know people and faces, and I still seem too tender with these old foxes.

Soon arrived at Feng Xiang's Mansion, Feng and I sat down and served tea. I took one look at the tea that was still boiling, took a sip and put it down.

Feng Quji noticed my movements and asked with a smile, "Your Highness is not used to drinking the old minister's tea?" ”

I apologized: "Where, it's just that I prefer to make tea directly now, and the tea I brew is indeed a little unaccustomed." ”

Feng Quji was a little puzzled, isn't the tea boiled and drunk like this? I'm still a good tea from Bashu.

Seeing Feng Quji's doubts, I waved my hand and said, "Feng Xiang doesn't have to worry too much, it's okay." I've had a lot of changes since I fell overboard, and I'm a little uncomfortable for a while. ”

It's not your own body, but you have to imitate another person, can you adapt to it?

Feng Qujian didn't get entangled: "Your Highness should pay attention to your body." ”

Then he seemed to inadvertently remember: "The old minister heard that His Royal Highness was interested in the "Qin Law" some time ago, and he copied the file of the Yingyue case from the Prime Minister's Mansion. ”

Then he added: "After all, the old minister is the right minister, and the old minister knows a little about both things. ”

"Yes, recently, I have gradually felt that Legalism is indeed unique in governing the country, so I also want to compare it with Confucianism to see which is better and which is inferior."

I smiled and said to myself, 'Sure enough, it's almost impossible to imitate a person's personality traits, even if you disguise it, there will always be a lot of horses and feet exposed. Fortunately, even if I told these people plainly that I was no longer the original Fusu, they probably wouldn't believe it. ’

Feng Quji said: "It is a blessing for the world that His Highness has this idea." Li Xiang must have been very pleased. ”

I took a sip of tea, and then Feng Quji's words said: "Yes, Li Xiang came all the way from the Chu State to go to the "Book of Exhortations to the Guest" to help Great Qin attract talents, and after unifying the world, he presided over the formulation of the "Qin Law" and the demarcation of counties and counties, which can be described as a great talent. ”

After speaking, I glanced at Feng Quji, I guess Feng Quji didn't expect me to be so straightforward, I saw Feng Quji's face stiffened, and then he recovered and said: "What His Highness said is very true." ”

I put down the cup and asked the question in my heart: "Feng Xiang, I don't know something, and I hope Feng Xiang will solve my doubts." ”

"The old minister knows everything, Your Highness, please speak."

"Why is Feng Xiang the right minister, but he rarely plays at every court meeting? I'm curious. "I feel that I am asking more implicitly, in fact, what I really want to ask is: why are you paddling so much, and Yingzheng still doesn't get you......

Feng Quji didn't expect me to ask this, in his opinion, this is a bit humiliating in it, doesn't the implication mean that he is not as important as Li Si? The face is instantly difficult to look at.

As soon as I looked at his face, I realized that this sentence was a bit Meng Lang, and hurriedly said, "Feng Xiang, forgive me, I was rude." ”

Seeing my performance, Feng Qujian was a little puzzled, wasn't it what he thought?

Then I thought about it, after all, I am the crown prince, and the future emperor has nothing to hide: "Your Highness forgives your sins, the old minister's body is not as good as day by day, just now I had a little headache, and the old minister lost his temper." ”

I hurriedly asked, "It doesn't matter, do you want to call the medical officer?" ”

Feng Qujian saw that I didn't seem to be a fake, and arched his hand and said: "It's an old problem, don't worry, His Royal Highness Xie cares." ”

"Why don't I come back another day?" I'm afraid that if this old man dies suddenly, I can't explain it here.

Feng Quji responded: "It's okay. His Royal Highness has not long become the crown prince, and there are not many court meetings that he may attend, and what His Royal Highness said is indeed true......"

Then Feng went to talk about it.

It turned out that when Li Si was still a court lieutenant, Feng Quji's old ministers were still relatively important, and they did make a lot of contributions in the history of Qin and the process of Qin State's unification of the world.

But with the unification of the world, there is a saying, 'My lord, the times have changed', the times have changed, and a new group of heroes will be created, and those important ministers in the old era can no longer keep up with the development of the times, such as the division of counties and counties, the change of laws, and so on.

So Li Si became more and more important, and finally successfully ascended to the position of prime minister, and these old ministers were gradually marginalized, but Yingzheng never forgot them, and left them in the court and the army.

To put it simply, the new aristocracy gained favor because of their ability to adapt better to the new empire, while the old aristocracy was marginalized because their thinking was still stuck in the era of the Six Kingdoms and did not see the world as truly one.

However, the Qin State has always pursued the principle of "Wen Keqing, Wu Qin State", and the military power must be in the hands of its own people, and letting the new aristocratic family dominate is obviously not what Ying Zheng wants to see, so let them still stay in the center of power.