Chapter 707 The moon will rise and the sun will disappear
"Although he does not have the title of prince, the eldest son is already worthy of being an heir."
After learning that Prince Fusu had submitted a memorial to the First Emperor of Qin, the imperial censor Mao Jiao breathed a sigh of relief.
Over the past year, Mao Jiao has grown older and is not in good health. He has been ill at home for a long time, and even the affairs of the Yushi Mansion can only be handed over to his deputies.
This time, Ying deceived Shouxin, triggering severe turmoil in the court. Chun Yuyue and others were arrested, and also implicated the young master Fusu. Mao Jiao was worried, but he was too ill to help.
Fortunately, Fusu's performance was very qualified, he took the initiative and attributed the cause of the strange appearance to himself.
Being confused and guarding the heart is a celestial warning and an ominous sign. It is caused by the ruler's lack of morality and will bring disaster to the ruler. This is the consensus of everyone.
But such disasters can be averted through prayer.
Mao Jiao knew that the last Yinghuo Shouxin recorded in history books was Song Jinggong in the Spring and Autumn Period.
The Song Dynasty was at the center of the border, and Jinggong was worried. Ziwei, the fortune teller he invited, said that the fault could be blamed on the governor. Song Jinggong believed that the Dazai was the person who governed the country, so it was unlucky to move him.
He also said that it could be passed on to the people. Jinggong replied: "If there are no people, how can I be a king? I would rather die alone!"
Ziwei suggested again: "You can pass it on to your seniority." Jinggong replied: "The people are hungry and will die. As a monarch, but you have to kill the people to survive, then who is willing to regard a widow as a monarch? A widow's life is guaranteed.
It’s the end, no more words!”
The historian believes that because of Song Jinggong's benevolent attitude, he issued an edict to punish himself without harming others, and the matter finally had a good result. This move inspired the heart of the sky, and the Yinghuo star moved, but it increased Song Jinggong's life by twenty-one years...
Sinking oneself, this is a good way, but Qin Shihuang, he will never bow his head, whether it is to his ministers, the people, or to the sky!
At this embarrassing moment, Fusu can step forward and take over, which is equivalent to giving the emperor a step down. It's like saying loudly: "My, my, my, when your teammate's mysterious operation caused the team to be wiped out and everyone was in embarrassment."
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Mao Jiao, who was dying of illness, couldn't help but praise: "It was rumored that King Wu was seriously ill the year after the Shang Dynasty was destroyed. Duke Zhou immediately prayed to his ancestors Taiwang, Wang Ji, and King Wen, willing to die on his behalf. Later, the book containing the blessings was included in the Jin Dynasty.
Gui. Today, the young master has accepted the disaster of being deceived by his wife. This action has the same purpose but the same purpose. It is pure filial piety!"
With Fusu taking the lead, the other princes and the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty began to seize the opportunity. The prime ministers and court officials all wrote to the emperor, saying that the ministers had done something wrong and caused the celestial phenomena to be abnormal. They requested Qin Shihuang to punish them and relieve them of their crimes.
Position...
However, all the enthusiastic memorials from the ministers fell into disgrace, and Qin Shihuang stayed in China. He did not agree or object to it, nor did he make any statement on the matter. He just ordered Fusu to be grounded in the palace, and at the same time, the Confucian scholars who stayed in Xianyang were
Disperse them all, no matter which official's house they are guests in.
At the same time, Qin Shihuang believed Wu Zhu's words and began to search for the incarnation of "Yinghuo" all over the world.
It is impossible to sin against oneself. Since Yinghuo sinned against the Emperor Star, it would be over if we killed it!
And those who deserve to die must still die!
In mid-September, Chun Yuyue and five other people were convicted by the Prime Minister of Xianyang and executed in the city of Xianyang for the crime of curse, ancient and non-modern!
On the day of execution, Chun Yuyue, who always wore high-ranking official uniforms, was a little embarrassed. The cold autumn wind blew on his face, and he just felt a little ridiculous.
"Had I known this, should I have followed the example of most doctors and said nothing, or should I have followed the example of Shu Sun Tong and blindly flattered them?"
The Yinghuo incident led to the collective detention of the bb-loving doctors. Only the astute Shusun Tong realized something was wrong on the same day, and left Xianyang overnight on the pretext of going home to serve his uncle, and escaped.
Although Chun Yuyue supported feudalism, he did not know how to adapt. Since the emperor did not like large enfeoffments, small enfeoffments were always okay? What is the difference between letting local officials go to remote places such as Lingnan, Haidong, Zhangye, and Shuofang, and letting the prince go?
But the emperor refused to accept any good or bad words, so they were helpless.
Looking at the people of Xianyang standing on their feet in the distance and silently watching the execution, Chunyu Yue sighed:
"It is better to guard against the mouths of the people than to guard against the rivers! Although the mouths of the people are reluctantly blocked, their complaints turn into resentments, and the roads are blocked. Just like blocking the water, once it breaks, more people will be hurt. I
Confucian scholars only talk, but other people don’t just talk, they take action!”
"The skin of a thousand sheep is not as good as the tuck of a fox, and the nuonuo of a thousand people is not as good as the care of one scholar. King Wu prospered by care, and Yin and Zhou died in silence. Alas, it is pitiful for the world that was finally unified.
There will be chaos, and the temples of the Qin Dynasty may be destroyed!"
After being pushed hard behind him, the executioner urged impatiently: "Stop talking nonsense and get down quickly!"
Chunyu Yue was pushed down, and his face pressed against the wooden pillar could smell the strong smell of blood, as well as a black ant crawling on the ground with its tentacles swaying.
The wind blew and he shivered...
"I just don't know if the autumn wind that day will be as cold as today!"
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"Still unable to save Mr. Chunyu."
Fusu, who was confined in the mansion, heard that Chun Yuyue and other five people had died in the city. He sighed and punched the wall hard.
Fusu was still kind. He not only wanted to get rid of the suspicious situation, but also wanted to save the lives of Chunyu Yue and others.
"This is the result of those people's unscrupulous remarks and their own death. I'm lucky that you can escape. Don't show your dissatisfaction!"
An old man with a long beard reaching to his chest comforted Fu Su and spoke a lot of elegant Luoyang dialects. This man was known as Dong Gong. He was one of the three elders in Luoyang New City and was known as a virtuous man.
A few years ago, Fu Su was on an expedition to the east and west of the sea. He took the time to visit talented people and recruited them as his staff. He visited Duke Dong once when he passed by Luoyang. At that time, Duke Dong felt that Fu Su was naive and had no intention of going out. When Fu Su returned, he visited again.
Bye, Mr. Dong’s attitude has become better, but he still doesn’t want to get involved.
It wasn't until the Xi case happened and Fu Su cleverly rescued the country that Dong Gong heard about it and changed his view. Seeing that the world was exhausted and the court was overemploying the people, many Guandong people began to fall in love with the people who were secretly plotting to restore the country. Some people did not
He hoped that the world would be in chaos, so he took Fusu as his hope.
This time, when Fusu sent someone to invite him for the third time, Dong Gong resigned from his post as the third elder and came to Xianyang to seek refuge, regardless of his family's objections.
After more than a year, he became Fusu's chief aide. He followed the example of Zhou Gong and died on his behalf to clear the emperor's suspicions. This was the strategy that Dong Gong came up with. On that day, Zhang Cang came to visit, and he was Fusu's
The frequent visitors to the mansion are referred to as "filial piety", which coincides with Dong Gong.
When Zhang Cang revealed that this was Mrs. Changnanhou's idea, Duke Dong was amazed and thought that Ye was a strange woman...
Unfortunately, that strategy could only allow Fusu to land smoothly, but it could not protect others.
Fusu was still deploring Chunyu Yue, but Dong Gong had already understood that in the past six months, Qin Shihuang had killed five Confucians. The purpose was not to punish them for their "curses", but to clean up the Confucian forces around Fusu.
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Since last year, the emperor has reduced the manpower of Afang Palace but accelerated the construction of Lishan Mausoleum. Perhaps he figured out that immortality is hard to come by and everyone is mortal.
But this does not mean that the proud Qin Shihuang could accept that his body was still cold. Confucian scholars came to the court and spoke nonsense about his more than thirty years of governance. The second emperor who succeeded him was also confused by the Confucian scholars and changed his mind, completely abandoning arbitrary rule.
, legal affairs, counties and counties, following the old feudal path of the Zhou Dynasty...
Qin Shihuang hoped that the second emperor would be an arbitrary monarch and inherit the county system intact.
Although the king changes, the system does not change. Only in this way can it last for eternity.
Or he was worried that Fusu would be soft-hearted and soft-eared, so Qin Shihuang began to make arrangements in advance. He attacked Mohism, expelled Confucianism, tightened speech, and let Li Si preside over it.
Four years ago, the little living space that Heifu managed to gain for various schools of thought in Jiaodong was completely blocked...
"Sir, my current plan is to be filial, loyal, respectful! Only by doing this can we avoid making mistakes!"
In Dong Gong's view, a man who travels a hundred miles can only travel half a mile. Although Fusu is the first in line to succeed, he has never been sure of victory. Everything, no matter how big or small, depends on him. If Qin Shihuang felt that Fusu could not do this,
You may still fall short!
"I respect and love my father, but I am also afraid of the night."
After Fusu paced indoors for a long time, he sighed: "But the sun is really too strong! It's scorching the crops, killing the vegetation, and almost leaving nothing behind."
"Young master must be patient, you can afford to wait!"
Dong Gong bowed down and said: "The sun is about to set, and the moon is about to rise! If your majesty is the blazing sun that bakes everything, the young master is the warm and bright moon. But you must wait. The bright moon must not compete with the sun!"
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Being enlightened and guarding one's heart will not immediately cause chaos in the world, but it will make people's hearts, which are already unpredictable, even more uneasy.
At this turning point in history, people all over the world made different choices: Hei Fu chose to start anew and watch the fire from the other side; Xiang Yu planned to take advantage of the fire and raise an army to regain the glory of his motherland and clan.
Near Xianyang, the Confucian scholars fell into the old habit of whispering and were hurriedly killed; the conspirators secretly rejoiced and hoped that the water would be as mixed as possible; Fusu and his staff chose to continue to endure.
And some people feel that they can't wait any longer and they must take action as soon as possible!
"How can we wait for the sun to set?"
Among the Mohists, Shi Lin, the most radical, spoke impassionedly to Yang Yi and other fellow apprentices in a secret gathering:
"During the reign of Emperor Yao of the Tang Dynasty, there were ten suns that burned crops, killed vegetation, and left the people with nothing to eat. Ferocious beasts such as the dog, the chisel tooth, the nine infants, the gale, the seal, the repair snake, etc. also took the opportunity to appear and harm the people of the world.
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"Yao ordered Hou Yi to cut his teeth in the fields of Chouhua, kill nine infants on the ferocious water, and send the strong wind to the swamp of Qingqiu. He shot them upward for ten days and then went down to kill the geese, cut off the snakes and repaired them in the cave, and captured Feng.
Planting in the mulberry forest, all the people rejoiced and made Yao the emperor and Yi the hero!"
He pointed outside, at the setting sun that pursued endless life and hoped that he would never fall, and said:
"Now, in order to prevent it from harming the world, we should follow Hou Yi's example, draw our strong bows, and shoot down this scorching sun!"