Da Qin: Confucianism, Dharma and Taoism

The imperial physician came to the hall and was shocked to see Fusu's appearance. He hurriedly checked him.

However, after discovering that Fusu only had a very minor skin injury, he was relieved and applied some medicine for the external injury to him.

"Your Majesty, the young master only has some minor injuries. Just take some medicine and rest for two days. Don't touch water for these two days and he will be fine."

After applying the medicine to Fusu, the imperial physician bowed to Ying Wei who was standing on the high platform.

Ying Wei nodded and said, "Not bad, go down."

When the imperial physician left, Ying Wei's eyes fell on Fusu and Meng Tian again.

However, he was more focused on Meng Tian at this time.

Meng Tian looked nervous. He didn't know what his outcome would be.

From Fusu's ending, King Yong should not kill him, but whether he would retain his position made Meng Tian uneasy.

Ying Wei closed his eyes and thought deeply. The whole Zhangtai Palace was so quiet that you could hear a pin drop.

Suddenly, Ying Wei opened his eyes and looked at Meng Tian and said, "You guarded the Great Wall well and didn't let the Hu people go south."

Ying Wei's words made Meng Tian feel much more at ease. He knelt down and said, "This is all my duty."

Ying Wei nodded and said, "After my coronation ceremony, you will continue to go back to Shangjun and guard the Great Wall."

"This time, in addition to guarding the Great Wall without any loss, you must also send more spies to investigate the situation of the Hu people."

Meng Tian did not have any intention of rebellion, and the Meng family did not have any intention of rebellion, so Ying Wei would not resort to violence against them.

In fact, more than ten years ago, when Ying Wei led his troops to attack South Korea, Meng Tian was his general.

At that time, Ying Wei also intended to recruit this famous general of Qin State like Li Xin and use him for his own purposes.

However, Ying Zheng also saw Meng Tian's talent, and he wanted to limit Ying Wei's power, so he recruited the Meng family and forcibly tied them together with Fusu.

This was actually a balancing method used by Ying Zheng to prevent Ying Wei from getting the support of the Meng family.

So although the Meng family stood on the opposite side of him for more than ten years, it had nothing to do with the Meng family itself. They were just following the instructions of the First Emperor.

Ying Wei's heart was generous enough, and the Meng family had not really done anything to hurt him, so Ying Wei would naturally not do anything to the Meng family.

Especially Meng Tian, ​​who knew the Hu people in the north very well, just like Li Mu back then.

And Ying Wei needed a general who knew the Lakers well to expand his territory in the north.

What Ying Wei was thinking about at this time was the magic weapon that Wei Qing and Huo Qubing used to defeat the Xiongnu during the reign of Emperor Wu of Han, which was the cavalry tactics.

If you want to defeat the Hu people on the grassland, horses are the most important. If each person brings two horses, it will take nearly 100,000 horses to really be able to drive the Hu people away.

But this number of horses will cost an astronomical amount of money.

In order to get the money, Emperor Wu of HanThis money was used to privatize salt and iron, sell official positions and other tactics that are absolutely cancerous to modern people.

Emperor Wu was indeed rich and had sealed the Wolf's Lair, but all the pain was borne by the people.

Ying Wei was not Ying Zheng.

For the sake of his great cause, Ying Zheng could ignore the suffering of the people. This was the limitation of Ying Zheng's birth in this era.

But Ying Wei still wanted to be a real wise ruler.

So, he needed money.

This requires the development of sea power, to occupy colonies, and to rob from overseas.

When a large amount of resources are shipped from overseas to China, Ying Wei can try not to destroy people's lives as much as possible and suppress the Hu people!

He wants to develop land power and sea power at the same time.

Since the plan has been made, he also needs a general, and this general must be Meng Tian.

With Meng Tian's wisdom, when he heard Ying Wei's words, he guessed Ying Wei's thoughts.

King Yong was not only not going to let him retire, but was also going to use him.

As a general, Meng Tian would not care whether this would hurt the foundation of the country. He only wanted to know whether he could expand the territory for the Qin Dynasty.

He immediately knelt on the ground and said excitedly: "I obey your order!"

Ying Wei reminded him again: "Now the remnants of the six countries are rising again. I asked you to send spies to investigate the Hu people, but I didn't ask you to take the initiative to attack. You have to distinguish the priorities."

Meng Tian's heart trembled, and he said respectfully: "I know."

Fusu, who was standing aside, watched this scene. He sighed in his heart. Meng Tian, ​​who was once his most loyal supporter, completely changed his mind after a few words from his uncle.

This reminded Fusu of the legalist books of Han Feizi that he had read.

In Han Feizi's works, he elaborated on this situation in detail. This is the "technique" and "momentum" of the legalists!

The emperor can easily make others loyal to him by using the techniques and power of the Legalists.

Because the person in power holds power, he can also share some of the benefits of this power with others.

Legalism can be said to be a very humanistic academic discipline.

But it is precisely because it is too humanistic that Fusu is unhappy, because he sees too much evil in human nature.

However, with Fusu's gentlemanly demeanor, he is also happy for Meng Tian.

How can he not be happy that his good friend can have such an ending, and may even further expand the territory.

At this time, Fusu completely lost the idea of ​​competing for the throne. He thought that he might not do better than his uncle.

Fusu had a lot of complaints about the policies of the First Emperor, because the First Emperor's governance was the purest Legalist thought, which was contrary to Fusu's Confucianism.

But Ying Wei was different. He was proficient in the essence of both Legalism and Confucianism. He wrote the book "Virtue and Punishment" and was a true practitioner who combined the advantages of both schools.

From this perspective, Fusu believed that Wang Shubi himselfI am more suitable than my father.

"You guys go down, Fusu, you stay in your own mansion in Xianyang, and let your brothers and sisters in the Xianyang Palace go home."

Since Fusu has given up, there is no need to keep other Zhengge's sons and daughters under house arrest, and these people are not a threat to him.

Fusu said gratefully: "Thank you, Uncle Wang!"

Sure enough, Uncle Wang not only has the cruelty of the Legalists, but also the benevolence of the Confucianists!

After Fusu and Meng Tian left, Ying Wei looked at the Moon God again and said: "Tell me about the coronation ceremony in detail."

...

Leaving Zhangtai Palace, Fusu and Meng Tian walked side by side.

Just as the two were about to leave the palace, Fusu suddenly said: "This result is not bad, what do you think?"

Meng Tian was stunned for a moment, he sighed: "You are right, this result is not bad, the king is still benevolent."

"Yes, uncle Wang is benevolent, why don't we go to Zilanxuan for a drink in the evening? Not in the name of Prince Fusu and Meng Tian, ​​but as friends!"

"Since you said so, how dare I refuse."

...

Not long after, all the officials in Xianyang received the imperial edict.

They will keep vigil for the First Emperor within seven days. After seven days, King Yong will hold the coronation ceremony in Xianyang and become the second emperor of Qin! .