In this way, winter went to spring, until the summer solstice, I was immersed in the study of the social system, operation mode, Zhuzi Baijia, human geography, etc., and I wanted to have a complete understanding of the Qin Dynasty.

Because it's almost summer. The summer of the thirty-seventh year of the first emperor and 210 B.C., the summer of Yingzheng's death in history!

There is no specific date of Ying Zheng's death recorded in the history books, but it is inferred from the high temperature in the summer and the fact that Ying Zheng's body began to decompose after his death.

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In the middle of the summer of the thirty-seventh year of the first emperor.

The weather has gradually become hotter, and the palace has begun to sprinkle water to cool down.

On this day, I was in my room to learn about the demographics of Qin. The Qin Dynasty implemented the county system, had a relatively complete household registration system, and everyone had a photo post equivalent to an ID card, which was not fully implemented in many later dynasties, so the population statistics were relatively accurate.

Suddenly, the white-collar Mu came in to report that Feng was coming.

I hurriedly asked him to bring people in, got up and went out to greet him, and muttered in my heart: 'I used to tell me to meet at the Prime Minister's Mansion, why did I come here by myself today.' "Feng Quji was very cautious during Yingzheng's patrol, unless there was an edict from Yingzheng, he would send someone to call me to the Prime Minister's Mansion to answer and discuss countermeasures, and basically would not meet with me.

After Feng Qujian saw me, he walked two steps into the house and saluted, "Old ministers see Your Highness." ”

I said falsely: "Prime Minister excuse me, why did you suddenly come to the Taigong today, but what's the hurry?" ”

Feng Quji raised his head, and there was a faint uneasiness between his eyebrows, and replied: "Please Your Highness step back and go, the old minister has something to discuss with His Highness." ”

This makes me even more strange, I was with me before, and this old man couldn't wait to call the whole Xianyang City to listen to it, what happened today.

Only Lan'er served in the house, and there was a subordinate outside the door who was pouring water on the ground, and I swept the heat wave on the ground to steam up, and I was shocked, could it be ......

With a wave of my hand, I sent Lan'er and the others into the distance, and I motioned for Feng to sit down.

After sitting down, Feng Quji took out a roll of extremely delicate white silk from his bosom and handed it to me. Needless to say, only the edict of the First Emperor would use this extravagant white silk. Feng Quji's voice was a little hoarse: "Your Highness, this is the emperor's edict issued from Chengshan in an urgent manner this morning. ”

I opened it and took a look, except for the fixed format of the edict, there were only two sentences: 'I shot the evil Jiao in the East China Sea, and suddenly got the way of heaven.'" Go to the sick and still stay in Xianyang, and Fusu will come to see him, in order to hope. ’

I raised my head, looked at Feng Qujian suspiciously, and asked, "Prime Minister, I can understand these two sentences." The previous sentence was that the father killed the evil Jiao in the East China Sea, and suddenly understood the way of heaven. The latter sentence is that the prime minister stayed in Xianyang, and I went to Chengshan to see my father and fulfill my father's wish. But these two sentences seem to have nothing to do with each other? ”

Feng Quji's face was extremely ugly, and he said with difficulty: "Your Highness, can you know the mystery of the edict?" ”

I was stunned, I really haven't studied it carefully, but is there any mystery in this little edict?

Feng Qujian saw my expression and knew that I didn't understand, and explained: "The emperor's order is the system, and the order is the edict. The edict is an important order issued by the emperor, and no matter who receives the edict, the subjects of the world must absolutely obey it and not hesitate. What if someone copied something so important?

Therefore, when the emperor established the edict to convey the emperor's intentions, he set up a series of anti-counterfeiting measures such as silk silk, seals, and characters. The silk silk uses the silk specially provided by the emperor, and the weaving technique is also very unique, except for the weaver girl who belongs to the imperial decree, no one else can weave it; Needless to say, all edicts must have jade seals; The text, on the other hand, is much more complicated, with detailed regulations on the starting position of each column, the distance between each paragraph, and how to start again when the word emperor is written.

The most important thing is that the five characters of "Great Qin Shi Huangdi" where each edict is signed must be written by the emperor himself!

Among them, only the three dukes and nine kings of the imperial court, the county guards and the county magistrates knew that at the beginning of their official duties, they must be able to distinguish the emperor's handwritten five-character handwriting.

However, according to the old minister's careful confirmation, the five characters in this edict are not the emperor's handwriting! ”

I was immediately shocked, if this edict was not written by Yingzheng, who would it be? If this person dares to forge an edict, doesn't that mean that this person is no longer afraid of the majesty of Yingzheng? In today's Qin Dynasty, if the people around Ying Zheng are no longer afraid of him, I am afraid there is only one possibility.

Feng Quji and I glanced at each other: Yingzheng is in danger!

At this point, I think of more. In history, Fusu was demoted to Shangjun, and a false edict made him commit suicide. But in this Qin Dynasty, Fusu was not driven out of Xianyang, this edict to call Fusu to Chengshan, if it is also a false edict, the purpose is self-evident, it is still to kill Fusu!

Fusu can commit suicide without listening to Meng Tian's advice, if it is persuaded by Feng Quji and Xianyang's Ying clansmen, Fusu may not be captured, the safest way is still to pull Fusu out of Xianyang, and when the time is far away in the hometown of Qi, it will be easy to kill a Fusu!

There was a wail in my heart: 'False edict, Hu Hai, Li Si, and Li Fuling, who doesn't know whether he is an enemy or a friend, the elements for Fusu to be killed are too complete! Except that Fusu became me、I was not demoted from Xianyang。 But I don't dare to say that I am stronger than Fusu......

Thinking of this, I tentatively said, "Can the prime minister be sure that it is not my father's handwriting?" ”

Feng Qu sighed heavily: "The minister also hopes that the old minister is dizzy and misunderstood, but the minister has followed the emperor since the emperor was still the king of Qin, and he will not mistake the emperor's handwriting." ”

After a pause, Feng Qujian threw another bombshell: "As far as the minister knows, there are two edicts sent to Shangjun and Baiyue respectively at the same time!" It's just that the content is unknown. ”

I didn't ask Feng Quji how he knew, it is normal for people like him to have some of their own people to collect intelligence, otherwise they would not be able to live now.

Two edicts, one sent to Shangjun, should be sent to Meng Tian, and the one sent to the land of Baiyue should be sent to Zhao Tuo, both of which are the places where the Qin army is stationed the most. However, it is not known whether this overbearing man was going to win them over or kill them.

I told Feng Quji my conjecture, and Feng Quji couldn't tell the intention of the pretentious person, and now he couldn't even determine who this person might be. There are too many people who follow Yingzheng, Li Si, Li Fuling, Jiaodong County Shoucheng, and many princes and ministers, anyone can possibly.

Thinking of this, I still want to confirm the most suspicious person first: "Prime Minister, do you know where the Li Fuling, who succeeded Zhao Gao, came from?" ”

Feng Quji nodded: "This Li Mansion Order has been following Zhao Gao since I knew him, and Zhao Gao recommended him to the emperor to succeed him before he died. Later, after the investigation of the imperial history, this person had some ability, and he did a lot of things when he followed Zhao Gao, and the emperor always trusted Zhao Gao, so he let him take over Zhao Gao's position as the commander of the CRRC. However, he did not hand over the teachings of Hu Hai Gongzi to him, but let Shang Shu Ling Qi Zhong become Hu Hai Gongzi's teacher. Why did His Highness ask about him? ”

Feng Quji didn't know history, and even if I told him, he couldn't believe that a eunuch would dare to do such a thing. I shook my head and said, "Just remembering it for a moment." ”