Fusu, who was kind-hearted by nature, had never thought of this possibility. Now that Qin Shihuang suddenly asked a question, he could only say as flexibly as possible:
"If the Marquis of Changnan... Heifu really violated the national law and deserves death, and really deliberately conspired to rebel, I will respect my father's order and kill him in accordance with the law!"
"What if he is indeed innocent?" Qin Shihuang refused.
Fusu said: "Maybe we can put him in jail first, listen to his arguments, and find out the truth..."
"the truth?"
Qin Shihuang smiled: "I have just said that the truth is not important."
"In the fiftieth year of the reign of King Zhao, the late king, he recorded two things. One is, 'Wu'an Jun Bai Qi was guilty, became a soldier, and moved to the underworld.' The second is, 'Wu'an Jun Bai Qi was guilty, and died.'"
"Wu'an Jun was sentenced to death because he disrespected King Zhao's order and led an army to attack Handan. When Hou Fan Ju reported his intention, he was still dissatisfied. If he spoke more, he might cause chaos, so he was sentenced to death in Duting."
"Do you think Bai Qi is really guilty?"
Fusu lowered his eyes: "Father, this matter is considered to be the biggest injustice in the reign of King Zhao...",
"Wrong, he is not unjust at all!"
Qin Shihuang had a different view: "It doesn't matter whether Lord Wu An really wants to rebel! Bai Qi does have the ability to rebel, call the army to rebel, and overthrow half of the Qin Dynasty. That's what matters!"
"For those who are ministers of others, the entire army is composed of their old partisans. The officers and soldiers of the three armies only know the general and not the emperor. The general's words are better than the emperor's orders and military symbols. With these three points, no matter whether the general is still loyal to the emperor or not, he is loyal to the emperor.
The court, he has the possibility of harming the country, and this is the most important thing!"
"I'm afraid this is the reason why King Zhao must kill Bai Qi. There are many problems. The ministers are too important. If the ministers do not kill the emperor, they will not have the party. Once the wings are full, even if the ministers have no rebellious intentions, his cronies will
, will also push him to take that step. This is what Han Fei said, "a hundred battles every day". No matter how close the person is, no matter how deep the friendship is, no matter how close the person is, no matter how deep the friendship is, the word profit cannot escape. You must be on guard against it. Once it appears,
Such clues must be killed!"
"So, what I want to ask is, if there is such a person, whether he is Hei Fu, Meng Tian, Li Xin, or even Wang Ben and his son, or even the Confucian and Mohist disciples who control public opinion, once they threaten
Ruler, Fusu, can you kill them without hesitation?"
Fusu was silent for a long time and then responded: "My son... I will kill them!"
Qin Shihuang looked at Fusu for a long time, but stopped asking, and said without emotion: "Go down, remember what you said today! Don't forget it!"
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After Fusu Khan resigned with excitement, Qin Shihuang shook his head.
"He hesitated and said the word "kill" on his lips, but there was no murderous intention in his eyes!"
Qin Shihuang sighed:
"You have become more tactful, but Fusu..."
"Your essence has not changed, your heart is still not cruel enough!"
Qin Shihuang believed in Han Fei's theory and did not believe that there was real benevolence between people, and that "profit" was the real manipulator behind interpersonal interactions.
Due to the change of interests, as a monarch, even the wives, concubines and children around him may be put to death for his own interests.
Not to mention the ministers who are not related by blood, no matter how much you value them, no matter how loyal they are to you, no matter how many heart-to-heart words they say to each other, or how many times they miss each other.
Don't believe it.
Forget it all.
The relationship between emperor and ministers in Qin Shihuang's heart was not the moral bond maintained by the Confucian etiquette of "benevolence and loyalty of the emperor and his ministers", but the most naked aspect of the relationship between emperor and ministers as revealed by Han Feizi: "a hundred battles a day"!
The pursuit of different interests is the root cause of the war between monarch and minister. They all want to be the most popular minister, but once they get to that position, they can't help but peep at the treasure.
In this case, once the master has no skills to control his ministers, even though he has long years and beautiful talents, the ministers will still gain power and be good at taking charge of matters, and each will have his own personal interests...
If it's serious, they might even take the monarch and replace him like when the three families were divided into Jin and the Tian family replaced Qi!
"I am still alive for one day, and my power is shocking all over the world, so I have no worries. But if I really cannot live forever, what will happen to the second emperor to succeed me?"
The young master of the country is suspicious, and the important ministers are also ready to make a move. The new king has no extraordinary means, so he may not be able to suppress them.
This was Qin Shihuang's biggest worry about the future. Death and separation were certainly a curse for the remnants of the Six Kingdoms, but it was also a warning.
Qin Shihuang began to look at the ministers who helped him unify the world.
Fortunately, the civil servants in the DPRK, Li Si, Yao Jia, Mao Jiao, etc., although all of them are good people, can at most play some political tricks. Compared with the several border generals trained by Qin Shihuang, their threat is still
Less than.
Although Li Xin was brave, after all, he only had 60,000 soldiers and people, and he had to go on an expedition spanning thousands of miles, so it could be ignored.
There are only two people who have the ability to cause chaos, namely Meng Tian and Heifu, who live in the north and south respectively.
These two men have a lot in common. They are both marquises within the Pass. They have been guarding the border for a long time, and they have hundreds of thousands of soldiers and civilians under their command who obey their orders.
It seems that Meng Tian, who is located in Shangjun and Shuofang, is more threatening. He was born as a general and has served Qin for generations. If he has other intentions, he can threaten Xianyang by sending his troops south.
However, most of the soldiers and civilians under Meng Tian were Qin people. After a hundred years of Qin law training, they had a strong centripetal force towards the imperial court. Qin Shihuang was confident that even if he was gone, the imperial court would issue an edict and collect the tiger talisman, which would ensure that Meng Tian could not command.
One soldier!
But Heifu in the south is different. Although he comes from a humble background, there is no possibility of replacing him. And it is far away from Guanzhong, but considering that most of the 300,000 soldiers and civilians are from Chu, they have never had a good impression of Qin. However, Heifu has become more and more popular in the past two years.
Kun was determined and established another monument, winning the hearts of the Southern Expeditionary Army.
According to the report of Changwuhou, the supervisor of the army in Jiangling, the old troops were also arranged a bit too much, and there was even a cry that "the emperor of Lingbei is the greatest, and the black marquis of Lingnan is the greatest".
Qin Shihuang pondered: "Once the mountains collapse, if this black guy is encouraged by his subordinates and raises his arms, he might actually become the master of a Lingnan state..."
Therefore, in the eyes of Qin Shihuang, it was not important at all whether Hei Fu was the incarnation of the "Yinghuo Star" or not, and whether the prophecy that "Hei was the one who destroyed Qin" was true or false.
The important thing is that the future black husband does have the possibility of causing chaos and separatism!
Then you can’t condone rape!
But in Qin Shihuang's view, there are many ways to lead, and killing ministers is the worst way!
Between the monarch and his ministers, they speculate, test, and control and counter-control each other. Various political balloons are constantly being released, and the monarch and his ministers have their own hidden agendas, and they work against each other; until the fish is dead and the net is broken, they all work together to maintain the surface.
balance……
These are the default rules of the game. Even Qin Shihuang must take the lead in maintaining them. Once a precedent is set for killing heroes, this order of tacit understanding between monarch and ministers will be completely destroyed. When everyone does not follow the rules, the relationship between the emperor and the emperor will be destroyed.
Technique is not easy to use.
Therefore, after King Zhao of Qin killed Bai Qi, he lost the hearts of the people. In his later years, the important ministers who surrendered to the enemy were defeated one after another in foreign wars, and they almost lost all the foundation for fifty years of expansion.
"I won't do this."
Qin Shihuang would not kill any meritorious officials unless absolutely necessary!
Therefore, Qin Shihuang only transferred Meng Tian back to Xianyang to serve as a guard, and reactivated Wang Li, who had been dormant for a long time, as Zhonglang General, while Feng Jing was assigned to guard the Great Wall in the north.
Next, he only needed to borrow the name of patrol and go to Hengshan County, and let Heifu happily bring his meritorious soldiers to receive the title. At that time, Qin Shihuang only needed the title of Marquis of Che and a few barrels of wine to remove Heifu's
The military power broke up his old troops and arranged them to serve as officials in various places. Hei Fu took him back to the court and became a fictitious nine ministers.
As for Lingnan, we can let Li You and Ren Xiao guard it.
In this way, the two vaguely formed groups of the Northern Army and the Southern Army can be dissolved into nothingness!
Ten years after suppressing the Wang family, the Qin Dynasty's number one general has withered badly. Wang Ben is old and ill, and Wang Li is just an empty-name marquis. It's time to take him out for a walk.
Although Feng Jing and Li You couldn't help them up, they could still push them up and stand on the platform, using the three families of Wang, Feng and Li to check and balance the generals Meng and Wei.
Don't forget, there is also Li Xin outside...
Qin Shihuang was an extremely powerful master of power, and he changed his hands at will. The originally dangerous situation was revived again. No one could become bigger, and each side had political opponents who were restrained and did not dare to move...
Especially Heifu will become an eagle imprisoned in a cage, and his wings that have finally grown plump will be cut off, so that he can only benefit the Qin Dynasty, but cannot do any harm.
In the eyes of Renjun, being wealthy and old is the greatest kindness to one's ministers.
"What should I do if when the time comes, I am still dissatisfied and have more words to say?"
Qin Shihuang muttered to himself, his eyes becoming determined.
Although killing ministers is the most despicable method in the Lord's way, as an emperor, it is absolutely indispensable...
"It's murderous intent!"
It was King Zhao of Qin who knew that Bai Qi had made great achievements for the Qin Dynasty, but he did not hesitate to kill him!
Qin Shihuang lowered his head and saw a black ant on his shoes. It probably crawled up when he stepped on those four characters.
"I know it's not easy for you either."
He twisted it up, sighed regretfully, then strangled it without hesitation and threw it to his feet!
This is the attitude a king should have towards his ministers!
"If the consequences are unfair, there will be many burial pits in Mount Li!"
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ps: Is the new cover not as good looking as the previous one?
There is no way. The website promotion requirements are mandatory and will be changed back next month.
Actually, I also like the previous cover better, because my wife designed it o(*￣︶￣*)o.