Chapter 53: Overturning the table
Wang Jian understood and continued to sleep with his eyes closed.
So this is what Your Majesty was planning.
Meng Wu, Meng Tian and Meng Yi, father and son, had nothing to do.
Before leaving, old man Meng Ao gave them a lesson - what do you care about what those bird people think? The Meng family only fights for His Majesty!
Fu Sheng continued to be happy.
As long as the feudal system is implemented, Your Majesty will be a good emperor.
Chunyu Yue glanced at Ying Chengjiao a few more times.
After the court meeting, ask Chang'an Jun, where did the eldest son go? What was said at the court meeting? It is not important and has nothing to do with my Confucianism.
Except for these people.
The ministers led by Wang Wan, Wei Zhuang and Feng Quji began to think carefully.
It was divided, but not completely divided.
Your Majesty only enfeoffs the princes, it has nothing to do with us.
How to break this situation?
"What are you two up to? You are both treacherous and treacherous ministers!"
The mature and steady Wang Wan stood up, looking like a loyal minister, and angrily rebuked the two ministers who had just stood up.
Then he turned around, bowed deeply to Ying Zheng, and said sincerely: "Your Majesty, except for the eldest son, the second son is the oldest, and he is only fourteen years old! Letting the sons enfeoff their respective countries now is tantamount to sending them to their deaths! You can wait until the sons come of age before enfeoffing them!"
"What the Right Prime Minister said is absolutely right. It is my fault for not considering it carefully. I did not consider it carefully enough."
"Your Majesty, please forgive me. I am anxious for your Majesty's help and have no ill intentions towards you, young master!"
The two ministers bowed their heads in shame and apologized repeatedly.
Ying Zheng waved his hand.
"No problem, I haven't considered this . The feudal system will be implemented after the princes come of age!"
"Your Majesty is wise."
Wang Wan bowed his head and praised.
Although he was extremely opposed to it in his heart, he could not say it out loud.
Although everyone knows some things, it is better to keep them in the dark. Once they are exposed, there is no turning back.
"Hmph! I thought the Right Prime Minister was mature and prudent! It turns out that compared with the treacherous ministers you mentioned, he is no more than a pot calling the kettle black. The Right Prime Minister is old and incompetent, and his thinking is not smooth. The act of enfeoffment! must not be delayed!" Wei Zhuang, who was of Hu descent, stood up and mocked Wang Wan with a sneer.
Wang Wan was furious. He turned around and glared at Wei Zhuang, his white hair flying in the wind. "Wei Zhuang! Are you trying to harm the princes? Your Majesty! Please execute this traitor!"
" Who is the traitor between you and me? Let me make it clear. Your Majesty and the gentlemen will make the judgment." Wei Zhuang's blue eyes narrowed and his expression was extremely serious.
"Now, although the world is unified, except for the Guanzhong area, the rest of the former territories are nominally under the control of Qin. But the people there still think of the six kingdoms. The descendants of Xiang Yan are hiding in Chu, plotting to restore their country. The court has been looking for them for three months, but no one has been found."
"Why? This is because the people of Chu are not afraid of life or death! They are harboring the enemy! The people of Chu are a microcosm of the people of the six kingdoms! If the court does not take action and enfeoffs the princes to suppress the enemy nearby, in another three to five years, the six kingdoms may revive!"
Wang Wan cursed, "Traitor! The Eighteenth Young Master is only eight years old! Who can you suppress? What were you doing when you were eight years old?"
Without even glancing at Wang Wan, Wei Zhuang said with his hands behind his back, "When I was eight years old, I could already sleep on horseback."
Wang Wan choked and snorted coldly, "The Hu people have been sleeping and eating with livestock since they were young, and they are still uncivilized. My Qin is a civilized country. How can Wan compare the Eighteenth Prince with you? I am really confused!"
"If it weren't for your old age, I would have made you bleed within five steps today!"
Wang Wan rolled up his sleeves and walked towards Wei Zhuang with a fighting look on his face, ignoring the difference in age and physical strength between the two.
"How can an old Qin person be afraid of fighting?"
Seeing that the two were about to fight in the court, as usual, Ying Zheng would have stopped them long ago.
But today, the First Emperor on the throne stroked his chin and looked at the two of them with interest, as if he was watching a play.
"Minister Zuo, calm down! Calm down!"
"Right Prime Minister! Why do you have to do this?"
The First Emperor did not take any action.
The Qin officials around the two prime ministers were about to take action. They stood up one after another, standing between the two men and trying to persuade them.
When Wei Zhuang came to power, Wang Wan cursed at him through a thick wall of people.
It seems that if there were no human wall, the two would be in a fight of both life and death.
It doesn’t matter if you, the First Emperor, don’t follow the script. We have so many actors and we can definitely carry on with the show.
The noise lasted for a while, and the sound of their quarreling drowned out Ying Chengjiao's snoring.
The First Emperor was watching from above, and still showed no sign of stopping.
Then, the important actor, Imperial Censor Feng Quji, came on the stage.
He overturned the table in front of him.
The table rolled on the ground with a loud noise, which scared everyone.
Feng Quji turned his head to the gathered ministers, clasped his hands together and pointed at the First Emperor, saying indignantly: "How can you make such a fuss in front of His Majesty?"
The Grand Censor was nominally one of the Nine Ministers, but in reality, in the eyes of Qin officials, the Grand Censor was half a level higher than the other nine ministers.
Because the duty of the Chief Censor is to find out the omissions and fill in the gaps for the Prime Minister, that is to say, the Chief Censor can also revise the work done by the Prime Minister, thus playing the role of supervising the Prime Minister.
With this restraining relationship, even though the two prime ministers were second only to the emperor, they had to give face to the chief censor most of the time.
So Wang Wan and Wei Zhuang, who were arguing fiercely, just stood there glaring at each other angrily, but they made no further moves to attack.
The ministers who came to stop the fight also sat back in their original seats, and they even carried back the table that Feng Quji had overturned.
The process went on extremely naturally, as if these people had rehearsed it thousands of times.
Then, Imperial Censor Feng Quji, Left Prime Minister Wei Zhuang, and Right Prime Minister Wang Wan stood in a tripod and at the forefront of all the court officials.
Feng Quji bowed and said, "Your Majesty, the world has just been settled. Now is the best time to gather people's hearts. What the Left Prime Minister said is absolutely right."
Wang Wan's eyes widened as he was about to speak, but Feng Quji changed the subject and said, "But what the Right Prime Minister said is also very reasonable . After all, the young masters are still young, and it is also true that they are unable to suppress the remnants of the six kingdoms."
Ying Zheng nodded thoughtfully and said with interest: "Then according to your opinion, Feng Quji, which of these two options should I choose?"
Feng Quji had a constipated expression on his face, and said with a frown: "I am stupid and can't come up with a perfect plan. Your Majesty is the reincarnation of the black bird, not a mortal like us. You will definitely be able to make things the best of both worlds. I will listen to your will!"
"I will listen to your Majesty's will!" Wang Wan bowed and bowed.
"I will listen to your Majesty's will!" Wei Zhuang bowed and bowed.
"I will listen to your Majesty's will!" More than half of the ministers in the court stood up and bowed.
When these ministers stood up, it seemed that there was nothing in the world that they could not do.
The supreme pressure that had accumulated in the court over the past decade or so could no longer be suppressed by the First Emperor.
"It's so noisy! Can't I sleep? Who flipped the table just now? It shocked me to death!"
