Before returning to Da Qin, Feng Yao, like everyone else, believed that Da Qin was a great and powerful country with its rich and powerful people and the people living and working in peace and contentment. Qin Jiyan only needed to enjoy the blessings after sitting on the throne.
But when he returned to Da Qin, gained recognition from the Feng family and Da Qin, and came into contact with Da Qin's highest government affairs, Feng Yao realized that Da Qin, which looked like a beautiful scroll in the eyes of outsiders, was only bright on the surface, but was riddled with holes on the inside.
Chaos.
The Supreme Emperor has been in power for more than sixty years. He is not a fool, but he is not a wise king or a good emperor. If he had to use one word to evaluate the Supreme Emperor, Feng Yao would not use "aggressive".
In Feng Yao's eyes, the Supreme Emperor was an out-and-out militant, even disregarding the interests of the Qin Dynasty and the people in order to win the struggle.
The Supreme Emperor succeeded to the throne early. When he was young, he was assisted by the auxiliary ministers. When the Supreme Emperor became older, he began to rule personally.
It is not possible for a young emperor to take charge of the government overnight, and the auxiliary ministers cannot easily delegate power, nor will they throw all their powers to the Supreme Emperor.
If the Supreme Emperor wants to take charge personally, there will inevitably be a tug-of-war between him and the auxiliary ministers. This is a normal thing. If the auxiliary ministers do not have second thoughts, as long as the methods are gentler, they will definitely be able to take charge in a few more years, but... the Supreme Emperor
He did not use gentle methods to pro-government, he chose to fight with the auxiliary ministers!
Under such circumstances, in order to protect themselves, the auxiliary ministers naturally had to fight with the Supreme Emperor and refused to delegate power easily.
With such a vicious cycle, the struggle between the Supreme Emperor and the auxiliary ministers became more and more intense. In order to win the struggle, the Supreme Emperor did not hesitate to appoint the daughter of the Marshal of the Army as his queen, and promised to only appoint the queen's daughter.
The son's promise to be the prince.
Of course, the Emperor did not break his promise. As soon as the Queen gave birth to a child, the Emperor made the child the prince. Even if the prince died, the Emperor did not make another prince the prince.
After the prince was born and the queen's position was firmly established, she began to help the emperor consolidate and seize power. With the help of the queen's natal family, the emperor spent more than ten years defeating the auxiliary ministers and successfully consolidated the imperial power.
However, this is not the end!
After the auxiliary minister was defeated, the Supreme Emperor rested for a few years, and then he began to gather military power non-stop, inciting his ambitious sons to fight with the queen's family and the prince...
In the end, of course, the Supreme Emperor won. The Queen's entire natal family was wiped out. Not a single man, woman, or child was left in the family. The Crown Prince died tragically outside, with no body left.
With political power and troops in hand, there was nothing that could threaten the status of the Supreme Emperor. However, at this time, the Supreme Emperor fell seriously ill and almost died. After recovering from the illness, the Supreme Emperor began to fight against God. Cheng Kaixiang
Be that long live and be his eternal emperor.
This is where the Supreme Emperor begins to fight for his life!
And when the Supreme Emperor was fighting with fate and heaven, his son did not stop. After fighting against the crown prince, he started fighting among himself!
The Supreme Emperor wants to live forever and be the emperor forever, and the Supreme Emperor's adult son also wants to be the emperor. In the past, when the Crown Prince was around, the Crown Prince's mother's family was still powerful, but they didn't even dare to show it. Now that the Crown Prince is dead, they can always fight for it.
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Thus, the two decades of internal fighting in Great Qin began. From the prince to the emperor's grandson, everyone only knew how to win over ministers, gather military power, grab power and gain, and even collude with enemy countries, just to consolidate their own power and status.
Give yourself a greater chance of winning in the competition for reserves.
The entire Qin Dynasty was declining day by day due to internal strife within the royal family. No one cared about the life and death of the people, and no one cared about the threats from Northern Qi and Xihu. Everyone just wanted to sit in that position.
In order to get that position, the blood relatives killed each other; in order to get that companion, they framed their own relatives... The whole Great Qin was a mess, without a trace of cohesion.
Even after Qin Jiyan ascended the throne, the internal fighting in the Qin Dynasty did not stop. No matter whether it was King Zhou, Crown Prince Rong or the fifth prince, they were not willing to let Qin Jiyan become the emperor. Even the Supreme Emperor was not willing to do so. In private, one by one
Little moves keep coming...
After Qin Jiyan came to the throne, he was very busy. He not only had to guard against the plot by King Zhou and others, but also cleaned up the cancer in Da Qin.
In the eyes of outsiders, the Qin Dynasty, where China is prosperous and powerful, and where people live and work in peace and contentment, is actually riddled with holes, its political history is unclear, the people at the bottom are severely oppressed, and the power is in the hands of a few people...
Qin Jiyan is a rare emperor who is capable, diligent and caring for the people. But no matter how powerful he is, facing the Qin that is riddled with holes, he still has to spend a lot of effort and energy to fill up the holes.
, return Da Qin to a truly prosperous country and a strong people.
Finally, the civil strife showed signs of subsided, and Qin Jiyan could focus on cleaning up the internal affairs and officials. However, Xihu and Northern Qi wanted to take advantage of the chaos and continued to cause trouble for Qin Jiyan.
The blood relatives of the royal family retreated, the internal affairs of the country were in chaos, and the Northern Qi and Xihu were also watching. Since he ascended the throne, Qin Jiyan has suffered from internal and external troubles. Even though he has three heads and six arms, he cannot cover everything. Some things are unexpected and normal.
However, Feng Yao also knew that Qin Jiyan did not need comfort from others. As Qin Jiyan's brother and minister, what he had to do was to stand up and express his position at any time when Qin Jiyan needed it.
After Feng Yao gave his suggestion, he did not elaborate on the matter. Qin Jiyan just didn't think of it for the moment. Once he thought of it, such a small thing would not trouble Qin Jiyan.
Feng Yao has been busy with the expedition recently and rarely enters the palace. It is rare to enter the palace today, so he will not leave so soon. After talking about business, Qin Jiyan was sent some wine and food, and he and Feng Yao chatted while drinking.
Just like that tavern outside the palace...
"Two days ago, General Feng complained to me, saying that you and Yu Qian are both very young, but they refuse to get married. He asked me to help you find out what you are talking about. What are your plans?" The man from the Feng family and the other family
Men are different. The men of the Feng family never know whether they will die on the battlefield in the next second, so... for the sake of family inheritance, the men of the Feng family will get married early, leave a bloodline, and then go out to compete for money.
Doing so may be cruel to the wife and children left behind, but fighting on the battlefield is the mission of the men of the Feng family. In the face of their family, country and the world, the men of the Feng family always choose to sacrifice their family.
"I am like this... If I really want to marry, I will harm others. I don't want anyone to follow in my mother's footsteps." No one knows the hardships of orphans and widowed mothers better than him.
"Do you not believe in me, or do you not believe in yourself?" He could not guarantee whether Feng Yao would go on an expedition in the future, or whether Feng Yao would die on the battlefield, but there was still no problem in ensuring the safety and life of Feng Yao's orphan.
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"No, I just don't want to harm an innocent woman." During these days, he had been living in the Feng family and saw with his own eyes how miserable the women of the Feng family who had lost their husbands and sons lived.
This kind of pain cannot be calmed by material things and money. The pain of losing their husband and children will accompany them throughout their lives until they die...
"There are... many good women in this world, don't miss them." Qin Jiyan stopped after saying this without much persuasion.
"Although there are many good women, I am still lucky enough to meet them." Feng Yao lowered his head and took a sip of wine. For some reason, the incident of Gu Qiancheng rescuing him in the woods suddenly flashed through his mind.
Shaking his head, Feng Yao smiled bitterly: He must have drunk too much!
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