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Chapter 21 Negotiation

PS: There are three updates today to make up for the two that were interrupted a few days ago. Now is the first update.

Fusu slowly got up from the ground and said to the people around him who were looking at him worriedly: "Go get me a jar of wine."

The guard on the side looked at him strangely and made no move. At this time, Xiao Tao also came from behind. She had heard the imperial edict just now, and looked at Fusu worriedly: "Prince, you...

.”

Fusu shook his hand and said, "I'm fine, go get some wine. You," he pointed to an attendant next to him, "go to General Meng and invite him over."

The attendants hurriedly went to get the wine. Fusu took the jar, opened the seal and took a big gulp. He didn't want to drink because of the imperial edict, but he felt unhappy after confirming that Qin Shihuang had passed away.

Logically speaking, he only met Qin Shihuang once, so he shouldn't have any feelings for him, but perhaps he still had the influence of Fusu in his soul. The moment he learned that his father had died, he felt uncomfortable.

He silently looked at the pouring rain, then took another sip of wine and poured the rest of the wine on the ground: "Qin Shihuang, I respect you! I hope you go well, I will carry the future of the Qin Dynasty for you.

." After he said this silently in his heart, he suddenly threw the jar in his hand.

In the side room of Fusu Hotel, there are six people sitting together, namely Fusu, Li Heng, Meng Tian, ​​Zhang Wu, Zhou Xing and Zheng De. The other three are all inferior to Meng Tian in Shangjun City.

general, and Li Heng has become Fusu's military advisor.

There was no food or drink here, not even a low table. The six of them were just sitting together like this, and among them was the imperial edict that Fusu had just received asking him to commit suicide.

"Why did the emperor suddenly issue this imperial edict? Don't you think it's suspicious?" Zhou Xing asked after waiting for a long time.

"But this seal is indeed the model of my Great Qin's jade seal, and there is no possibility of forgery." Zhang Wu continued.

Zheng De glanced at Fusu and the other three who had been silent and said: "The prince cannot commit suicide. If he commits suicide for no reason, it will give Hu Hai and others a chance."

"But this imperial edict..." Zhang Wu hesitated.

"The imperial edict may be false. Don't forget that Zhao Gao is in charge of the seal." Zheng De said quickly.

Li Heng looked at the three arguing generals and then at Fusu, who said nothing but looked calm. He had already come to a conclusion in his mind. He pressed his hand and said, "Everyone, listen to me."

Because Fusu and Mengtian have valued Li Heng these days, and some of his suggestions have indeed made Shangjun's military and life a lot of development, so these generals have also begun to accept Li Heng, a commoner.

The fact that he became their military advisor. So after hearing his words, the three of them stopped arguing. Instead, they looked at him to see what his views were.

Fusu and Meng Tian also stared at Li Heng, and Li Heng suddenly became the focus of the scene.

Li Heng stroked his beard and said: "Judging from the seal on this imperial edict, it is indeed true, but it is completely inconsistent with the meaning of the letter we received from the emperor's order.

The purpose of the letter asking the prince to return to Xianyang was to let the prince take over the throne. Why did he issue an edict asking the prince to commit suicide a few days after the incident? This is the first doubt."

Fusu had to admire Li Heng's analysis. Indeed, there was a huge gap between the two letters, and they did not seem to be written by the same person.

"Is there a second point?" Zhang Wu asked.

"Yes, if this alone can be said to mean that the emperor suddenly changed his mind." Li Heng looked at Fu Su and said, "But the lieutenant who passed the order did not see the prince committing suicide after passing the order.

We can see that he lacks confidence. Only fake edicts can do things that are not in line with the emperor's style. If this is really an edict issued by the emperor, he will definitely let people watch the prince commit suicide before leaving."

After hearing what he said, Fusu couldn't help but admire his ability to read the emperor's psychology. He asked calmly: "Since Mr. Li said this, how should Fusu deal with this matter?"

Li Hengdao: "Now all this is just some conjectures of mine that are not accurate yet. The best way now is to take advantage of the situation. Since they want the prince to commit suicide, then the prince will commit suicide. Just let them know about it."

Since the prince is dead, their next plan will be made so that we can know the truth."

"This method is very suitable for me." Fusu said happily, "Just do as Mr. Li said. Except for the six of us here and my personal attendants, no one can know that I just pretended to commit suicide. This is also convenient.

Let’s look at the soldiers’ reaction.”

"Yes!" Everyone agreed in unison.

Afterwards, everyone discussed how to reveal the news of Fusu's suicide, and how to keep the matter of Fusu's death secret. The time spent on the details is sometimes more time-consuming than formulating a plan.

After the three generals left, Fusu left Meng Tian and Li Heng behind.

"Fortunately, I didn't immediately propose raising troops, otherwise I'm afraid those three generals would be the first to object," Fu Su said.

Meng Tian thought for a moment and said: "Actually, this is also a reflection of the prestige that the emperor has established in our country over the years. If it is not confirmed that Hu Hai and Zhao Gao have paid the imperial edict, 70% of the soldiers will not follow them.

The prince is against the imperial court."

"Now that the prince has faked his death, Hu Hai, Zhao Gao and others will reveal their true colors. When the news of the emperor's death is announced, conditions will be created for the prince to fight back." Li Heng said, stroking his beard.

"But Prince, are you really sure that the Emperor has passed away? If the Emperor is not there, all this is meaningless." Meng Tian still said uneasily.

"The so-called father and son are connected, I can clearly feel that the emperor has..." Fusu said sadly, and the sadness seemed not to be fake.

Meng and Li looked at each other and believed what he said. As ancient people, they still had no doubts about such mysterious things.

"General Meng, how many troops can we mobilize now?" After a while, Fusu suddenly asked.

"Now as a general guarding the north, we can mobilize an army of 150,000 troops."

"But Da Qin has an army of millions, so our chances are not very good." Fusu said worriedly.

"Prince, you are wrong. Our army is the most elite in the entire Great Qin army. Apart from the emperor's personal soldiers and the legendary black cavalry, we have few opponents." Meng Tian said proudly.

"Then we won't be very sure if we raid Xianyang?" Fusu said happily.

Meng Tian shook his head and said: "Prince, don't forget the purpose of our army stationed here. We are here to prevent the Huns from suddenly attacking the Central Plains. If the Huns learn that our army has left the border to attack Xianyang, they will definitely

If we take advantage of the situation, we will become the sinners of the people of the Central Plains."

"Then how many troops can we send?" Li Heng also asked hurriedly.

Meng Tian calculated carefully and said: "Now that the construction of the Great Wall has been completed, I have sent troops to guard various fortresses. I think there will be more than 70,000 people, which means we can only use half of the troops."

Fu Su's face darkened, but then he came up with an idea: "General Meng, why don't you let those hard laborers help guard the border? In this way, we can use at least 100,000 troops to come out."

"Is this possible? Those people are all from the Six Nations." Meng Tian couldn't believe them.

Fusu said calmly: "It is true that they are from the Six Kingdoms, but now they are also the subjects of our Great Qin. Moreover, Zhao and Yan among the Six Kingdoms have also fought against the Xiongnu for many generations, and their hatred towards the Xiongnu is no less than towards our Great Qin."

, so I thought I could use them.”

Meng Tian hesitated and said: "This... let me think about it again. After all, there is still some time to raise the army."

"Okay." Fusu said, "It's getting late. General Meng and Mr. Li should go back and rest."

After listening to his words, the two turned and left. Looking at Meng Tian's back, Fusu said in his heart: "You will truly stand with me soon, and the edict asking you to commit suicide is coming soon."

The news of Fusu's "death" spread and caused an uproar. People never thought that the eldest prince Fusu would commit suicide due to the emperor's imperial edict. There was a gloomy mist in the city of Shangjun. The soldiers consciously wrapped their heads in white cloth to pay tribute to Fusu, while the people

They are even more sad. What Fusu has done to Shangjuncheng in these days is obvious to all. He strengthened the army and loved the people, so that the people who had been under the Qin Dynasty's repressive policy could live a better life for a few days. Unexpectedly,

Good people don't live long, so he died like this, and the people felt even more sad.

The news passed all the way and reached the ears of Hu Hai and others who were rushing to Xianyang City. "Haha, I didn't expect that Fusu's character is still like this. Lord Zhao's plan really succeeded." Hu Hai said happily.

"Your Majesty, don't be happy too early." Zhao Gao interrupted his laughter and said, "Don't forget that Meng Tian is still alive."

"Yes, there is him. I will immediately order someone to pass on the imperial edict. After Fusu's death, Meng Tian must have been greatly affected. This edict will just encourage him to accompany Fusu." After hearing Zhao Gao's words

Hu Hai became even more excited and began to call himself me.

"Once Fusu dies, no one can take the throne from you, the emperor. And once Mengtian dies, the more than 100,000 troops guarding northern Xinjiang will also fall into your control. Then you return to Xianyang and ascend the throne as emperor, and you will be the lord of the world.

." Zhao Gao smiled flatteringly.

"Haha, good, what a master of the world. When the time comes, Mr. Zhao, you will be the prime minister of our Qin Dynasty, inferior to one person and superior to tens of thousands of people. Li Si can let him retire. Hahahaha..."

"Then old slave, I would like to thank the emperor for the favor." Zhao Gao hurriedly knelt down and thanked him, but in his lowered eyes, there was no trace of the respect of a courtier, only a sarcastic smile.

Just when these two people were imagining their dream of changing the dynasty, in the far north, the Huns who made Fusu and Meng Tian dare not send all their troops to deal with Hu Hai and the others, a huge change of dynasty really happened.
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