The Great Qin Empire

While Qin Yang and Li Zhao were galloping on the "straight road", in the general's shogunate in the middle of the Qin army's camp in Jiuyuan, the grey-haired but still spirited general Meng Tian was reading a letter sent by his younger brother Meng Yi. A top-secret "family letter".

This letter from home has been received a few days ago, but the meaning is very cryptic.Even someone as sensitive as Meng Tian still pondered for several days.The letter reads: "My younger brother is ordered by the emperor, and I also pray that the mountains and rivers will return to Xianyang. At present, the overall situation of the country is in order, and the troops of Longxi Marquis Li Xin are advancing eastward; His Majesty the emperor is tired from the cold, and may rest for a while in Langya, and then continue The big hunting tour. Your Majesty’s big hunting tour is about to return to the country, or go west and south and go back to Qinzhong, or cross the north and go up the Great Wall to inspect the Great Wall. Brother and the eldest son of the emperor should always pay attention.”

At first glance, this is undoubtedly an ordinary letter from home.But the more Meng Tian looked at it, the more he felt something was wrong, and the more he looked, the more he felt that Meng Yi wanted to tell himself something.So, Meng Tian read this abrupt and vague "family letter" repeatedly, and today he finally smelled an unusual breath.

Meng Yi is the official residence of Lang Zhongling. It can be said that any important order of the first emperor must go through Meng Yi's hands. Now Meng Yi was sent back to Xianyang by the first emperor. What does this mean?Li Xin, Marquis of Longxi, has been guarding Longxi to guard against the Xiongnu, why did he go east?If there is no order from the First Emperor, who can dispatch it?Did Emperor Shihuang really just feel cold occasionally?According to the letter, the emperor might go north to Jiuyuan, so why?

From the present Meng Tian's point of view, all this has only one direction: Emperor Shihuang didn't catch a cold occasionally, but was very seriously ill, and he was already arranging a major event in the court.The first emperor sent Meng Yi back to Xianyang, and transferred Li Xin back to Xianyang in order to stabilize the court situation in case of unexpected needs.As for why the first emperor wanted to go north to Jiuyuan, Meng Tian thought most clearly, that is, the first emperor wanted to appoint Fusu as the crown prince.

Although Meng Tian figured out Meng Yi's strange family letter, he was still worried.

Meng Tian's concern is not with the barbarians, but with the change of the eldest son Fusu.During Fusu's participation in politics in Xianyang, because he opposed the implementation of policies such as "burning books and burying Confucianism" and "respecting the law", he was demoted by Qin Shihuang to the Shangjun Supervisor Mengtian Army.Ever since Fusu returned to the Jiuyuan army, he no longer had the aspirations he had in the past, nor the courage and sharpness he had when he returned to Xianyang to participate in politics.The resolute, brave and trustworthy Fusu seems to have disappeared inexplicably.What Meng Tian and the soldiers saw was a Fusu who lived in seclusion and was depressed all day long, who was indifferent to military and political affairs.

On several occasions, Meng Tian intentionally sent Sima of the Central Army to report to Fusu the difficulty of building the Great Wall, to report the plan to attack the Huns again, or to ask the supervising army to patrol and encourage the people, or to ask the supervising army to supervise the soldiers.But every time Fusu sat at his desk to read, he always said a simple sentence: "For all important military and political affairs, please listen to the orders of the general." After finishing speaking, he never raised his head again.

Meng Tian is well aware of Fusu's heart disease, but he can't explain it clearly.Helping Su to return to Xianyang to participate in politics, not only failed to realize Meng Tian's expectation of establishing a prince, but left the country again to go north, Meng Tian suddenly felt unprecedented heavy pressure.At that time, the ruling and opposition parties of the empire faintly regarded Meng Tian, ​​Meng Yi's brothers and the emperor's eldest son, Fu Su, as one party.In fact, Fusu and the Meng brothers were indeed of one mind on the anti-restoration strategy and on the political views of the world's people's governance.Li Siyao, Jiafeng Jiedunruo and others are staunch advocates of anti-restoration and the rule of law with an iron fist.From the perspective of Shandong people, this is the two parties in the imperial temple, with Li Si and Meng Tian as the axes.

Meng Tian hated this kind of judgment very much, because he knew very well that the key to political differences lies in the fact that the emperor and Li Si and other ministers have the same strategy, so that the way of governing the country after the unification of the world has become a rigid rule of law that does not allow any changes.Basically, rather than saying that the emperor accepted the strategy of Li Si and others, it is better to say that Li Si and others proposed this strategy based on the emperor's wishes.After all, the real pillar of a unified empire is the emperor, not the prime ministers Li Si and Feng Quji, let alone Yao Jiafeng's robbery and sudden weakness.The emperor surpasses the past and the present, and the emperor's power cannot be threatened by anyone.Can you say that such an important long-term strategy is only the emperor's acceptance of the minister's proposal without the emperor's will and decision?Only in this way, the rejection of the political views of Fusu is also the rejection of the political views of the Meng brothers.In the more than [-] years of working together with the emperor and his ministers, the first major political disagreement made Meng Tian feel deeply disturbed, and Meng Tian fell into a dilemma.

The scruples during this period are that the emperor will inevitably be involved, the empire's anti-restoration policy will inevitably be involved, and even the way of the crown prince will inevitably be involved.All these and so on are all difficult topics to explain.Even though Meng Tian's mind is as clear as a mirror, he is deeply afraid that the more he speaks, the less he will be able to explain clearly.After all, Meng Tian had to firmly defend the emperor and fully support Fusu. He could neither abandon the idea of ​​lenient government that he and Fusu had identified, nor deny the emperor's iron-fisted long-term policy of anti-restoration.Because of this, Meng Tian saw Fusu getting depressed day by day, but he couldn't find any words to comfort Fusu.

For a long time, Meng Tian regarded Fusu as the best candidate for the heir of the empire. Among the dozen or so princes of the first emperor, Fusu was second to none in terms of talent and courage, and no one could match him in terms of intelligence.What's more, Meng Tian still supports Fusu's idea of ​​lenient government from the bottom of his heart.What Meng Tian never imagined was that the backside of Fusu's fortitude was so fragile, and he would become sluggish after being hit once.How can a character like Fusu be able to bear the heavy responsibility of the entire empire?However, apart from Fusu, Meng Tian really couldn't find a more suitable candidate for the crown prince.

Meng Tian can guarantee that he can treat the country with a public heart, but he can't guarantee that the ministers and princes of the entire empire will be as selfless as himself, after all, few people can resist the huge temptation of power.Now that the first emperor is seriously ill, if something happens to the first emperor during his hunting tour, and the position of the crown prince has not yet been determined, there will be too many variables.Meng Tian is well versed in the history of various countries. Once such a chaotic situation is not handled well, it will often lead to bloody tragedies of brothers fighting for power.

Meng Tian is very clear about the current situation of the empire. Inside, there are nobles from the old six countries fanning the flames everywhere and plotting to restore it, while outside, there are Huns and Huns staring at them.Not to mention that the power of the empire has fallen into the hands of traitors, even if we follow the old path of harsh governance, the future of the empire will be unclear.Once things become difficult to control, the eternal foundation created by myself and a group of veterans with the assistance of the first emperor for more than [-] years may disappear like running water.

Thinking of this, Meng Tian's spine felt chills.He felt that the most important thing for him now was to persuade Fusu to get back on his feet.Only when Fusu can successfully take over the power of the empire, can there be hope for the future of the empire.

Meng Tian didn't hesitate again, the next moment, he went straight to Fusu's prison camp.