Chapter 132: Li Si, there are many people in the world who criticize the court, how do you solve this problem?
Ying Fusu watched Zhao Gao, Li Si, and Wang Wan approaching him little by little, but he was unable to do anything because of his physical limitations due to Gai Nie.
The three people who are getting closer are like the Ox-Head and Horse-Faced Demons in the underworld, and they will bring a catastrophe to the Confucian scholars and Confucianism in Xianyang.
The three of them were getting closer and closer, which made Ying Fusu's heart completely tense.
What should I do?
I want to stop this from happening.
There is no sword in my hand, but there is a sword in my heart!
What is the sword in my heart?
What exactly did Mr. Guy remind me of?
There must be a way to solve all this!
Mr. Gai said that this sentence was said by his uncle.
Yes, uncle!
Given how willful my uncle is in front of my father, my father will listen to what he says.
Ying Fusu cast a pleading look at Ying Chengjiao, wanting Ying Chengjiao to come forward to stop the First Emperor.
Upon receiving the request for help from his nephew, Ying Chengjiao showed disappointment undisguisedly in his eyes and shook his head quickly.
This time, you have to do it yourself.
If I take action, what will be the meaning of everything today?
"uncle."
Ying Jianglu stuffed an orange into Ying Chengjiao's hand and walked over with a smile.
He saw Ying Fusu's eyes looking for help, and also saw the disappointment in Ying Chengjiao's eyes.
"Since Jianglu has never won against Damu in the Liuli Ball game, the eldest brother is useless. Look at the third brother."
Most of the princesses of the Qin Dynasty were still noisy, but the princes of the Qin Dynasty were basically very quiet.
This was the case with the second prince of Qin, Ying Gao, the fourth prince of Qin, Ying En, and even the eighteenth prince of Qin, Ying Hu Hai, who was only eight years old.
From the moment Ying Jianglu returned to the table and was questioned by Ying Chengjiao, the princes of the Qin Dynasty stopped making noise.
The throne, who doesn’t want it?
As long as Ying Fusu falls from the altar, Ying Jianglu will have a hope of ascending to the throne, which means they will have a hope of ascending to the throne .
If you are born in the palace, don't expect your brothers to be really as close as brothers.
Since the third brother is willing to be the first to take action, then we can all just wait together.
If we succeed, we will all compete fairly. If we fail, it will not be a problem for us.
Afang's phoenix eyes stood up with murderous intent in them as she stared at Ying Jianglu.
A big part of the reason why she was so anxious before was that she was afraid that the princes would fight for the throne and cause chaos in the Qin Dynasty.
"Have I been negligent in disciplining you recently, allowing you to get too close to your mother? It's time to tidy up the harem!"
Ying Jianglu knew clearly that his mother was making an example of him to frighten the monkeys and wanted him to retreat on his own initiative to avoid the other princes fighting for the throne.
But Ying Jianglu, who had already surrendered in the past, did not bow his head this time. He still waited for Ying Chengjiao's answer with a smile.
My stupid brothers and sisters.
If I don't take this opportunity to show myself in front of my uncle, I'll just wait for the ready-made thing to happen. How can such a good thing happen?
My uncle once said: The greater the risk, the greater the reward.
With cowardly people like you, you will never be able to defeat me, Ying Jianglu, in this lifetime.
"It is better to open it up than to block it, sister-in-law."
Ying Chengjiao turned his head and said something to Afang, then turned to his third nephew who made no secret of his ambition.
"My uncle's eyes are everywhere in the palace, and they have never been focused only on Fusu. The reason why we have this situation today is not because my uncle is partial to me, but because you, Ying Jianglu, are not qualified."
Ying Jianglu's face froze, and he smiled unnaturally, "Uncle, what can you tell me?"
"When you were ten years old, you fell seriously ill. Your mother said that you had an evil disease, so she asked the imperial physician to prescribe a lot of medicine to calm your nerves. But what evil disease did you really have? You had kidney deficiency."
All the princes and princesses looked at Ying Jianglu with strange eyes.
Even Queen Afang was the same.
Kidney deficiency at the age of ten?
Ying Jianglu's face turned pale.
"Uncle, don't..."
Ying Chengjiao was peeling an orange in his hand while speaking softly, unmoved.
"Do you think no one knows that your mother sent someone out to get kidney-tonifying medicine? There are a total of thirty-six maids in your mother's palace, and none of them were virgins in five days. Third nephew, you are quite good at having fun, aren't you? You have sex with thirty-six women in five days in a row. The fact that you survived can be considered a sign of the strength of your royal brother's bloodline."
Seeing that the truth had been told, Ying decided to throw the jar into the ground.
"Duke Huan of Qi loved women, so Guan Zhong set up seven women's markets and seven hundred brothels with seven hundred women. Guan Zhong was a famous prime minister, and in order to help Duke Huan of Qi find women, he set up a tower with seven hundred women inside, but Duke Huan of Qi still remained a hegemon."
"Father has unified the country, but he also has many children. Uncle, you won't be a corrupt scholar like that and think it's wrong for a king to indulge in women, right?"
Seeing that Ying Chengjiao was about to speak, Ying Jianglu hurriedly added another sentence in order to shut him up.
"My uncle also stays in the tower every night, and is even more addicted to women than Jianglu."
"Uncle is different from you. Uncle has killed many women, but he has never forced any woman. The palace maids are all the storage place for the emperor's harem. Once they are found to have lost their virginity, they will die. Even if some palace maids fall in love with you, they like to play the game of finding a needle in a haystack."
"But you won't tell your uncle that all 36 palace maids were like this, right? At least the five who were executed by your mother for no reason afterwards were not like this."
Ying Jianglu's face became more and more ugly, but he still argued according to his thoughts.
"Duke Huan of Qi built towers and my father built six palaces. My uncle would never think that the women there were all willing."
"Duke Huan of Qi built the towers to attract talents with beauty and ease social conflicts. Your father built the Six Kings' Palaces to intimidate the world with their grandeur, and to make the six kingdoms look up to Qin's sharp warriors."
"What did you do by raping thirty-six palace maids? Can you use lust as a national policy? Even if you can, that's something you can do after you become king. You are not suitable now."
Ying Chengjiao stuffed the peeled orange in his hand into Ying Jianglu's mouth.
"I will not go into other matters to save your face. You can fight for the throne, but you must do it in an upright and aboveboard manner. As long as my brother does not appoint a crown prince, you will have a chance. The reason why I did not choose you is that you have never been qualified."
Ying Jianglu had orange pulp in his mouth, but he didn't want to chew it at all.
His hopes were dashed.
Ying Chengjiao was chatting with his third brother Ying Jianglu, and Ying Fusu's hopes were also shattered.
Li Si, who was walking a little faster, and Zhao Gao had already passed Ying Fusu and were heading towards the gate of Xuanniao Palace.
Wang Wan stood up later and walked a little slowly, only five steps away from Ying Fusu.
The string in Ying Fusu's mind was about to break. He was furious and struggled hard again.
Not yelling like a madman was the last bit of sanity he had.
"madness."
Gai Nie took half a step forward and stood behind Ying Fusu, the two men less than three inches apart.
"Showing off one's bravery and fighting fiercely in front of His Majesty, is this something that the eldest son of a country can do? The sword in the eldest son's hand is a common man's sword, and the sword in his heart is the emperor's sword. If he doesn't fight back with the emperor's sword, when will he fight back?"
Zhuangzi said: The sword of the emperor has the Yanxi Stone City as its tip, the Qi and Mount Tai as its blade, the Jin and Wei as its spine, the Zhou and Song as its hilt, and the Han and Wei as its shank. It is surrounded by the four barbarians, wrapped by the four seasons, encircled by the Bohai Sea, and belted by the Changshan Mountains. It is regulated by the Five Elements, discussed by punishment and virtue; it is opened by yin and yang, maintained by the Spring and Autumn Period, and carried out by the Autumn and Winter.
This sword is straight as never before, it can be raised to the highest point, it can be placed at the lowest point, it can move without deviation, it can cut through the clouds above and the earth below.
Once this sword is used, the princes will be united and the whole world will be subdued.
The meaning is: The Emperor's Sword uses the Shicheng Mountain in Yanxi as the tip, the Taishan Mountain in Qi as the blade, the Jin and Wei States as the spine, the Zhou Wangji and Song States as the ring, and the Han and Wei States as the handle. It is bounded by the four borders outside the Central Plains, wrapped by the four seasons, wrapped by the Bohai Sea, and tied with Hengshan. It is governed by the Five Elements, judged by criminal law and moral education, advances and retreats according to the changes of yin and yang, persists according to the seasons of spring and autumn, and operates according to the arrival of autumn and winter.
This kind of sword can thrust forward without any obstruction; when it is raised high, nothing can stop it; when it is pressed downward, it can be invincible; when it is swung, it seems as if nothing is around it; it can cut through the floating clouds above and sever the earth below.
Once this sword is used, it can correct the princes and make all the people in the world submit.
As the eldest son of the Qin Dynasty, Ying Fusu had naturally read "Zhuangzi" left by Zhuangzi, the representative of Taoism, and he also understood what Gai Nie meant by the Emperor's Sword.
But I, Ying Fusu, am not the Son of Heaven...
Ying Fusu said painfully: "Mr. Gai, release Fusu, Fusu is not the Son of Heaven."
"Fool, if you don't regard yourself as the Son of Heaven today, how can you rule the world as the Son of Heaven tomorrow? If Chang'an Jun hadn't told Nie that you have a kind heart and are the best candidate for Qin II, Nie would not have taken action today."
There was a hint of anger in Gai Nie's voice.
"Even if Nie lets you go, can you survive under Zhao Gao? If you can't figure this out today, it only proves that Chang'an Jun made a mistake."
Wang Wan had already taken those five steps, passed Ying Fusu, and walked towards the gate of the Xuanniao Palace.
The First Emperor seemed to have lost all his patience and turned around and walked towards the seat on the high throne.
Ying Fusu became more and more impatient, but his inability to move his body made him realize that unless he could take out the emperor's sword in his heart, he would regret it for the rest of his life.
It is easy to say the four words "Sword of the Son of Heaven", but how many people in the world can possess it?
At least Ying Fusu didn't know - he hadn't been an emperor yet. If he wanted to pick up the sword of the emperor, he had to be able to become an emperor.
But he has never been an emperor, and hasn’t he seen his father be an emperor?
At this critical moment, Ying Fusu's brain was working fast. He was thinking about the usual performance of the First Emperor.
"I will not listen to someone who dares not talk to me as an equal."
This is the First Emperor who was humble and willing to accept advice.
"Sixteen ministers forced me, so I killed all sixteen. I want to make it clear to everyone in the emperor's house that I am not threatened."
This is the First Emperor who was not persecuted.
"I am the ruler of the world. If my eldest son dies, I must at least bury all the prisoners in Mount Li."
This is the domineering First Emperor.
Ying Fusu, who was immersed in Confucianism in the past, had never analyzed his father so carefully.
At this moment, at this critical moment for the survival of Confucianism and the Confucian scholars in Xianyang, Ying Fusu was suddenly touched and seemed to understand something after carefully recalling the little things between him and his father.
But the footsteps behind him gradually became weaker, and Ying Fusu obviously had no time to think about what was touching in his heart.
What he needs to do now is to pull out the sword of the emperor in his heart!
"His Majesty!"
Ying Fusu's call did not stop the First Emperor. His footsteps and voice sounded at the same time.
"You have passed the time of selection."
"I don't make a choice! Confucianism! I want them all!"
This is what we learned from the First Emperor, who was not subject to persecution.
As soon as Ying Fusu spoke.
Ying Chengjiao smiled happily, patted Ying Jianglu on the head, and said, "You have no chance."
Afang breathed a sigh of relief.
Judging from my uncle's expression, this seems to be the final answer.
Most of the ministers looked at Ying Fusu with pity.
Since Your Majesty has said to make a choice, the eldest prince can save one by choosing one.
If you want them all and don't listen to your majesty's wishes, then you will end up with nothing, right?
The sound of the Emperor's footsteps disappeared, but his voice remained.
"Why?"
Ministers: ???
Why did Your Majesty react like this?
"It is Fusu who should be asking Your Majesty this question! Is there any basis for Your Majesty's request for Fusu to make a choice?"
This is learned from the First Emperor's humble attitude towards accepting advice.
"I asked you to make a choice, but you asked me for the basis."
The First Emperor turned around.
"Is this action in line with your thoughts about being a son or a minister?"
"Your Majesty, please don't use empty words to make this argument." Seeing that it was working, Ying Fusu struck while the iron was hot and said, "Killing Confucian scholars and destroying Confucianism are just your Majesty's way of venting your anger! The former is a minor disadvantage to the country, while the latter is a major harm to the country. Is your Majesty insisting on doing this just to vent your anger?"
"Is it not possible?"
"Of course not. A king rules a country, and the king's personal grudge is a disaster for the country. How can an emperor act like this? This move is wrong and should be rejected! Your Majesty, why don't you order Wang Wan, Li Si, and Zhao Gao to stop!"
This is learned from the domineering behavior of the First Emperor.
Ying Fusu learned from the First Emperor that he was humble and willing to accept advice, not to be forced, and acted in a domineering manner . He drew out the sword of the Son of Heaven in his heart and waved it wildly in the Xuanniao Palace.
After waving, Ying Fusu gasped for breath, but dared not blink, and stood waiting for the First Emperor's reaction.
The ministers breathed evenly, waiting for the First Emperor's reaction.
Ying Chengjiao didn't wait for the First Emperor to react.
He saluted from a distance towards Gai Nie who was standing behind Ying Fusu, and just as he was about to drink it happily, he saw Afang beside him taking a breath, and he sighed inwardly.
"Sister-in-law, this bottle of wine is for you."
"What do you want to toast me?"
"Respect the Emperor's sister-in-law, be selfless."
The Queen of Qin, Afang, had no children, so she treated the princes and princesses of Qin as her own.
"How can Afang be selfless? Afang wishes that Your Majesty could spend more time with her. If uncle really feels sorry for Afang, can you handle some mundane affairs for Your Majesty?"
"Sister-in-law, if I really reviewed memorials every day, wouldn't you think that this was taking away my brother's power? Wouldn't you kill me with one punch?"
Afang frowned, then stopped talking, picked up the wine bottle in front of him and drank it all.
Women are so contradictory.
Ying Chengjiao complained, drank, and waited to see the father and son reunite.
He was very satisfied with the answer submitted by Ying Fusu.
The First Emperor walked in front of his eldest son Ying Fusu with the gait of a dragon and a tiger.
As they walked, they stopped Wang Wan, Li Si, and Zhao Gao, who had been walking very slowly since they passed Ying Fusu - not everyone was as tactless as Gai Nie.
"Gai Nie."
Although the First Emperor did not give any order, Gai Nie had the foresight to see it.
He let go of Ying Fusu and walked back to the First Emperor.
When Ying Fusu heard the First Emperor calling for the three men to stop, he knew that he had made the right choice, and he stood in front of the First Emperor while maintaining his arrogance.
"You have passed this test. If it were that brat, I would have pardoned both of them. But, I say you must choose one of the two. You must choose one. I will give you the scholar's life!"
The court officials nodded.
This is your Majesty's character. Who is the boy you just mentioned?
The boy sat next to Queen Afang, and his expression changed for the first time since he entered the Xuanniao Palace.
Royal brother, what are you doing again?
"Li Si, there are many people in the world who criticize the court. How do you solve this problem?"
"Book burning can solve the problem!"
