In the summer of the 491st year of Emperor Qin's reign, the Chang'an Prefecture ordered Chunyu Yue to unite with his subordinates to supervise Zhengzhou Qingchen. Doctors sacrificed wine to Fusheng, and more than 70 doctors also publicly submitted a letter:
"Your Majesty, you are the sage of the ages. However, the territory of Qin stretches thousands of miles, and it is not as far as Xia and Zhou. Therefore, because Yan, Qi, and Chu are far away, it cannot be controlled by the master. I have the courage to write to you, asking your Majesty to follow the example of the Emperor of Zhou and divide the princes into feudal states.
Consolidate the world."
As soon as this news came out, the whole world was in an uproar. This Confucian was not only bold, he was simply audacious.
When Lin Ze received the news, his expression was strange, and his thoughts were ready to move. He was worried about Emperor Qin before, and even if Fusu made mistakes, he did not want to cause more trouble, and then plotted against Fusu and Confucianism. Now this Confucianist has jumped into the pit himself, Lin Ze
Ze doesn't mind throwing a stone or something.
Lin Ze immediately told Chen Ping to pay close attention to the matter and report immediately if there is any progress.
In Yangxin Hall, after Emperor Qin saw the memorial, he did not respond on the spot. Instead, he called Li Si and asked, "What do you think, Prime Minister?"
Since Li Si was reprimanded by Emperor Qin last time, he has acted more cautiously, so he replied: "This is a national system, and everything needs to be judged by His Majesty."
Emperor Qin narrowed his eyes and said, "Does the Prime Minister really have no ideas of his own?"
Li Si respectfully replied: "No, I just need to try my best to assist Your Majesty and govern the world well. There is no need to think too much."
But I sighed in my heart: The person with ideas has long been buried in the dust, His Majesty, the emperor with a holy heart.
Emperor Qin pondered for a moment: "I would like to hear what they want to say. The Prime Minister has arranged for them to select a few people to come to the palace in three days to have an audience with hundreds of civil and military officials to discuss the matter."
"I obey the order," Li Si accepted the order and retreated.
The news that Emperor Qin wanted to hold a "court meeting" to discuss whether to restore the "feudal system" quickly spread throughout Chang'an City.
After hearing this, the Confucian people were excited and gearing up, waiting to show off their talents.
After hearing this, the other forces had different reactions, each with their own plans and calculations on how to intervene and gain benefits.
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Imperial College, Zhou Qingchen and others sat at separate tables, discussing how to persuade Emperor Qin to agree with their views.
Fu Sheng was the first to speak: "Brother Chunyu, Your Majesty wants to hold a court meeting, and all civil and military officials will participate. As the saying goes, those who are enlightened will help more, so I would like to ask Brother Chunyu to contact like-minded colleagues and make a statement when the time comes.
So that this can be accomplished and everyone will be happy."
Then he remembered something and said: "As for some necessary things, Brother Chunyu can just mention them. All Confucian schools can contribute, and everything is based on the overall situation of our Confucian school."
Chunyu Yue nodded and said, "What Brother Fu said is absolutely true. I'll go back and run around more and try my best to win over my colleagues."
Then Fu Sheng turned to Zhou Qingchen and said, "Brother Zhou and Mr. Fusu please explain this matter. After all, I, the Confucian family, are also planning for him. I ask him to mobilize his own power and make sure to promote this matter."
Zhou Qingchen nodded in agreement: "Brother Fu, don't worry, I will definitely try my best to persuade Mr. Fusu to fully support the enfeoffment system."
In his opinion, if the enfeoffment system can be completed, Fusu can immediately get a piece of fiefdom, and then he can legitimately build a government, have his own officials and troops, and with the support of many forces, this is the foundation of the king's hegemony.
Zhou Qingchen was fully confident in persuading Fusu.
Everyone carefully considered whether there were any omissions.
Zhou Qingchen suddenly said: "By the way, I almost forgot about Hu Hai. You must know that re-establishing the enfeoffment system is also a great thing for Hu Hai. Why not ask him to cooperate? In any case, Hu Hai is also the son of Emperor Qin. In terms of weight,
, much heavier than most people.”
Fu Sheng echoed: "Indeed, if Fu Su succeeds to the throne, Hu Hai will not get anything. If the system of enfeoffment is re-established, he can still have a fief. It is a blessing for him. He cannot help it."
Don’t be tempted.”
Chunyu Yue raised a question: "Who is going to tell Hu Hai? We are not very familiar with him."
Zhou Qingchen smiled and said: "Don't worry. As far as I know, Hu Hai trusts Lin Ze, the personal disciple of Imperial Master Xu Fu the most. Lin Ze is young and mature, and he is a smart man. As long as he can be persuaded, there will be no problem with Hu Hai.
"
"Unfortunately, Lin Ze is also the registered disciple of the Taoist Palace Master and has a very good relationship with Taoist Lu Jia. All we need to do is ask Lu Jia to come forward and explain our strong relationship."
Everyone nodded: "Great kindness."
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In the Lin Mansion, Lin Ze invited Lu Jia into the living room and said hello: "Senior Brother Lu, long time no see. Hello."
Lu Jia looked at Lin Ze intently for a long time and sighed: "Junior brother who is less than twelve years old and in the middle grade is really a genius. It's no wonder that even the national master couldn't help but accept him as his direct disciple."
Lin Ze replied with a smile: "Senior Brother Lu, thank you for the award. Junior Brother is just lucky. I just don't know why Senior Brother is here to visit today. What are you doing?"
Lu Jia asked in return: "I wonder if my junior brother has ever heard that Confucianism plans to reestablish the system of enfeoffment?"
"I heard something." Lin Ze replied honestly.
Lu Jia's face lit up and he said confidently: "Compared to Fusu, Hu Hai is single and weak, and his chances of succeeding are extremely slim. Do you think this is right, junior brother?"
Lin Ze shook his head: "Senior brother, I don't agree with what I said. In my opinion, there is a high probability that Hu Hai will inherit the throne and Fu Su will be the one, so it is unlikely."
Lu Jia's face froze, and he almost forgot that this guy followed Hu Hai wholeheartedly, and of course he believed that Hu Hai could succeed to the throne.
So he coughed lightly: "Let's not talk about this for now. Let's just say that for Hu Hai, the enfeoffment system can at least leave him a piece of fiefdom. Even if he fails to seize the rightful son, he will not end up miserable. Therefore, I also ask my junior brother to persuade Mr. Hu Hai to let him
He supported the re-establishment of the feudal system at the court meeting."
Lin Ze sighed, it's not that I don't agree with you, it's that I know that Emperor Qin may not agree. It makes no sense for you to tell me here.
Seeing Lin Ze's silence, Lu Jia thought he had some scruples and continued to persuade: "Junior brother, why are you hesitating? This matter represents the common interests of both parties. Why don't we all put aside our prejudices and cooperate for once?"
"Besides, this time the Confucianists are well prepared and have already received a lot of support. In my opinion, this matter will most likely be successful. Master Hu Hai's seconding the proposal is just the icing on the cake. Maybe he can get a good piece of gold for it."
A fiefdom, why not?"
Lin Ze finally replied: "This matter is of great importance. Junior brother, I cannot give you a direct reply. I will give you a reply after I communicate with Mr. Hu Hai. Please stay here for a while."
Lu Jia nodded. After all, Lin Ze was only a subordinate, not a lord. It was necessary to ask Hu Hai for instructions.
Lin Ze found Hu Hai and conveyed the matter.
Hu Hai immediately asked: "Lin Ze, what do you think we should do?"
Lin Ze replied calmly: "Confucians think things are too simple. This matter will definitely fail and we don't need to participate."
"Oh, why is this?" Hu Hai asked.
Lin Ze said sternly: "Because it is impossible for Your Majesty to agree. It took you two or three hundred years to unite the world. Could it be that you would want to divide the world again?"
"My lord, I just refused. In my opinion, no matter how many people Confucianism unites, if it does not suit His Majesty's wishes, it will be in vain."
Hu Hai suddenly realized that he was right. How could his father allow others to divide his kingdom? He immediately replied: "Lin Ze, please reject them quickly."
Lin Ze nodded and went back to explain Hu Hai's decision to Lu Jia.
Lu Jia was full of doubts, why didn't he agree to the matter where cooperation would benefit both parties? Finally, he had no choice but to go back and reported the result to Zhou Qingchen.
After the Confucians learned about it, they couldn't help but secretly curse: This Hu Hai is simply stupid.