Qin Shihuang couldn't understand. Do his sons, one or two, want to be angry with him to death?
"What did you say? Say it again!?"
In the palace, Qin Shihuang pointed angrily at Young Master Gao, who had been secretly summoned to the palace by him. Young Master Gao had prostrated himself on the ground, with his head hanging low on the ground, and whispered what he had just said.
"My son has neither talent nor virtue. He is afraid of ruining the country's affairs and dare not supervise the country for his father..."
Gongzi Gao is the second son of Qin Shihuang. He is twenty-seven years old this year and is considered the strongest among the sons. Although Qin Shihuang scorned the "order of elders and young" in Zhou Rites, he understood that in troubled times, the country relies on its elders.
Not only that, in the past twenty years, although Prince Gao was not as highly expected as Fusu, nor was he as favored as Hu Hai, he was honest and filial, harmonious with his brothers, and loved his wife.
He had never read poetry and books, but he had a fairly solid grasp of laws and regulations. After the farmer's family moved to Guanzhong, he became his disciple. He spent all day in the fields outside his home, tending crops, cooking fruits and vegetables, and even chatting with the farmer.
At the same time, he successfully planted the "grapes" from the Western Regions on the land of the Central Plains, which is regarded as a small and virtuous name.
More importantly, Young Master Gao's wife is the daughter of the Right Prime Minister Feng Quji. He can at least get support from the Feng family...
Because of this, after Fusu was out of the game, Qin Shihuang thought for a long time and believed that he should not forget the past and be the guide for the future. He decided to provide a double insurance for this patrol with no return date, so he secretly ordered the prince Gao to enter the palace in order to
Let him stay in prison.
Although it was not explicitly stated that Prince Gao would be established as his heir, there was a saying from the ancients: "The king conducts his duties and the prince resides in order to supervise the country!" Qin Shihuang's meaning was very clear.
But what the emperor never expected was that Young Master Gao actually refused this honor!
It was not a hypocritical concession, but a real refusal with a frightened expression, as if Qin Shihuang was about to take him to the execution ground.
"Why?"
Qin Shi Huang, who was obsessed with and passionate about power, was puzzled. He thought that each of his sons would eagerly look at this position, but unexpectedly, an alien appeared.
Young Master Gao said: "My father loves "Han Feizi", so you should remember what he said, 'The harshest people pity the king', right?"
The so-called Li refers to lepers, who are regarded as terminally ill. How could a miserable Li person pity the king?
Qin Shihuang knew why, so he remained silent and allowed the young master to continue speaking.
"Although this is disrespectful, I believe that there are no false proverbs in ancient times and we must pay attention to them."
Gongzi Gao had a special liking for this sentence and said: "This is really aimed at those monarchs who were robbed and killed. If the monarch does not have superb political skills to control his ministers, then even if he is old and has good qualifications, the ministers will still
Obtaining the power of the monarch, monopolizing political affairs, holding great power, using public affairs for personal gain, even killing the eldest monarch and installing a young and cowardly new king, deposing the eldest son who should succeed, and installing someone who should not succeed.
…”
This statement seemed to be satirizing the Fusu incident, which made Qin Shihuang very uncomfortable, but what Mr. Gao said was indeed true.
"Although my son has little education, he has also heard many similar things. In the Spring and Autumn Period, Prince Yin of the Chu State asked about Zheng Guo. He had not left the country. When he heard that the King of Chu was ill, he immediately rushed back to the palace to inquire about his condition, but he
Taking advantage of the opportunity to shield the left and right, he used his tassel to strangle the King of Chu to death and proclaimed himself king."
"The wife of Cui Zhu, an official of Qi State, committed adultery with Duke Zhuang of Qi. Cui Zhu took advantage of Duke Zhuang of Qi's return and led his retainers to attack her. Duke Zhuang requested to divide the State of Qi with Cui Zhu, but Cui Zhu refused. Duke Zhuang requested that the Qi State be divided.
Cui Zhu committed suicide with a sword in the ancestral temple, but Cui Zhu refused to obey. Duke Zhuang fled over the wall, was shot in the buttocks by an arrow, fell to the ground, and was pecked to pieces by Chang Ge. Then Cui Zhu supported Duke Zhuang's brother Qi Jinggong
.”
"In the fourth year of Duke Huai of the Qin State, Chao Chao, the concubine, and his ministers surrounded Duke Huai, and Duke Huai committed suicide. The prince of Duke Huai called him Zhaozi, and when he died, the ministers appointed the son of Prince Zhaozi as Linggong. The concubine chief controlled the affairs of the state, and Qin III
rather……"
"As for Li Dui who came to power in the State of Zhao, he surrounded Zhao's father for hundreds of days and starved him to death; when Nao Chi was appointed in the State of Qi, he pulled the tendon of King Min of Qi and hung him from the beam of the ancestral temple.
He died after one night, and this happened in the past hundred years."
After saying this, Young Master Gao bowed again and said: "So, although Li Ren's body is full of abscesses and scars, compared with those kings who were robbed and killed, had their necks strangled, their buttocks shot, and their muscles stretched to death due to hunger, the fear in their hearts and the pain in their bodies were
, I'm afraid it's no less than a strong person, isn't it worthy of being pitied? So this proverb also has some truth..."
Prince Gao was indeed a smart man, and it was no wonder that Qin Shihuang thought of him first.
But he is also a very self-aware person!
After this long preparation, Gongzi Gao carefully revealed his true feelings.
"My achievements, talents, and reputation are not as good as those of my brother Fusu. I am not as intelligent as my father. I am not as favored by my father as my brothers. Even if I serve as the supervisor of the country, I am afraid that my brothers and other ministers will not obey. Not only will it be impossible to straighten the court, but I am afraid that things will continue like this."
, I will also encounter robbery and murder, which will make the powerful people pity me..."
Qin Shihuang was extremely angry and laughed: "Are you afraid that you will not be able to restrain your ministers and brothers, and will be robbed and killed? Don't you know that when you have power, you can follow the law and kill whoever you want! Whoever you want to die will be killed."
You must die! Can't we just get rid of all those who pose a threat?"
"In case my son is not as good as his father, I am afraid that I will not have the ability, let alone the perseverance."
Young Master Gao still refused to obey.
Qin Shihuang made a serious face: "But don't you know that Qin's laws say: If you punish me, those who don't punish me will die! If you reward me, if you don't reward me, please die! Let you be the prisoner of the country. This is a great reward from me.
I cannot tolerate your refusal! Otherwise, I can issue an edict to kill you right now!"
Even though he was threatened with death, Gongzi Gao still did not change his mind. He kept scolding:
"My son is afraid of death, but he is even more afraid that his wife and children will be implicated. He would rather be killed and buried by his father than to do something wrong because of his lack of intelligence and be intercepted and killed like Duke Zhuang of Qi and other monarchs.
The whole family will die, or like the imperial brother Fusu, he will become a bereaved dog and his wife and children will be separated..."
The relationship between Gongzi Gao and Fusu was not bad, but what happened to Fusu gave him a huge shock. Everything hurts its own kind. Gongzi Gao only felt that his father wanted to supervise the country by himself, which was like pushing him into a fire!
What he has to do is to be the successor of Qin Shi Huang. Is there any more difficult job in the world than this?
I'm on pins and needles, maybe he will be the next Fusu.
Young Master Gao knew very well that he could achieve some success in farming. As for governing the country through power, he had never thought about it in the past, and he knew nothing about it now. He was given the important task in a hurry. Once the mountains collapsed, he was not even sure whether he could successfully succeed to the throne!
Speaking of Fusu, Qin Shihuang was a little tired. He gave his son to death for no reason? Even he couldn't do such a thing.
"Gao, in your opinion, the great imperial power in this world of Jiuzhou is not as important as being happy with your wife and son?"
The more he spoke, the angrier he became:
"Would you rather be an owl and a crow, guarding the rotten rats, than be a yuānhu, climbing up the sycamore tree, eating rice noodles, drinking sweet wine from the spring, and finally turning into a black bird, soaring ninety thousand miles? Look at that height
The scenery everywhere, feeling the supremacy that has the world under its feet?"
"This is my short story. I have disappointed my father. Please ask my father to choose another younger brother. I would rather go back to the countryside and have nothing to do with the imperial power!"
This is Gongzi Gao's final attitude.
"Okay, okay! It seems that you really can't take on the important task of supervising the country!"
Qin Shihuang coughed again.
"In that case, I will demote you to a commoner and go to Yongdu to guard the ancestral mausoleum!"
He conveniently copied the slip on the desk and threw it at Young Master Gao!
"Rotten wood that cannot be sculpted, mud that cannot be propped up the wall, you go to the Wei River, go to Zhouyuan, and become an old farmer, till your land, grow your vegetables, and carry dung buckets with your wives, concubines, and children, and be happy
Go live your life!"
…
Covering his smashed head, the young master left Xianyang Palace in embarrassment.
It was still late at night and this was a secret summons. No one should know about his entry into the palace.
When boarding the car, Young Master Gao wiped the blood from his forehead and thought to himself: "My father said that being in charge of the country, and even becoming the prince and succeeding to the throne is a great reward, but I thought otherwise..."
Is there any monarch more powerful than the First Emperor of Qin throughout the ages? But even though he has been on the throne for decades, behind the shouts of "Long Live the Mountain", there is only a solitary figure and an aging heart...
Even though there are thousands of beauties and beauties from the six countries, I can't trust any woman to accompany me through the long night.
No one is not afraid of Qin Shihuang, no one is not afraid of him, even his descendants are trembling with fear.
But no one loves him anymore...
Everyone in the world is looking forward to the emperor's death.
Young Master Gao does not want to be a lonely person, especially a lonely person whose life is precarious!
The blood still didn't stop, flowing down from the seam of the hands, dripping on the side of the car, splattering on the stone bricks, and quickly congealed into ice...
It's so cold here, much colder than outside the palace.
"Father is wrong."
Turning back and looking at the gloomy huge palace, Young Master Gao felt a lingering fear.
"The throne is not an honor, nor a generous reward, but a curse! It is a shackles that no one can break free from once they wear it!"
