Before the death of Prince Chu of Qin, he instructed his ministers and the crown prince not to give him a posthumous title.
His posthumous title could only be given to him after his successor unified the country.
He had already thought of the posthumous title, which he discussed with Zhu Xiang.
Qin Taizu Gaohuangdi, referred to as Qin Gaozu.
You play the role of Qin Shi Huang and I play the role of Qin Gaozu, neither of us loses.
When Zichu said this, everyone knew he was just comforting himself.
Being posthumously conferred an honor is completely different from becoming emperor yourself.
Originally, Zichu would be posthumously named the Supreme Emperor, the first emperor to be posthumously named.
The Han Dynasty only conferred the title of Taishang Huang posthumously. The difference between Taishang Huang and Taishang Huangdi is that Taishang Huangdi cannot enter the ancestral temple, but Taishang Huangdi can.
After the Han Dynasty, posthumous emperors were directly given temple names.
But even so, they were not counted when the emperors were counted.
Ying Zheng, dressed in the clothes of the King of Qin, placed his hand on Zichu's coffin. After a long silence, he sighed and said, "Open the coffin."
When the King of Qin was in power, he would build a mausoleum for himself. When Zichu succeeded to the throne, he advocated frugality, so his mausoleum was not gorgeous, so it was built long ago.
After this auspicious day today, he will rest in peace in the tomb he has chosen.
Zhu Xiang's mental state was fine. Although he looked depressed, he was not overly sad.
Xue Ji cried so much that she fell ill.
When Xue Ji and Zhu Xiang first became Lin Xiangru's retainers, they were always in a state of anxiety and didn't know how to get along with those nobles.
After Zichu came to Zhu Xiang's house to work as an accountant, he lived in Zhu Xiang's house every day.
As soon as Zhu Xiang saw Zichu's words and actions, he knew that Zichu was the son of an official whose family had fallen on hard times. He shamelessly dragged Zichu to give Xue Ji "special training".
After getting along for a long time, although Zichu was older than Xueji, Xueji always treated Zichu as her younger brother because Zichu lacked common sense and was too weak.
Even after Zichu became the King of Qin, Xue Ji helped Zichu take care of his two sons and always treated Zichu like a "sister".
Zichu himself knew this.
Although the two did not have much communication after entering Qin, the friendship between Zichu and Xue Ji was similar to Lin Zhi's friendship with Xue Ji. Unlike Zhu Xiang's other friends and elders, Zichu did not just regard Xue Ji as a vassal of his feelings for Zhu Xiang.
Xue Ji is an orphan.
But in her heart she always had an elder brother, Lin Zhi, and a younger brother, Xia Tong.
Now that one of her only two brothers had passed away, she cried so hard that she fainted and has been bedridden ever since.
It was not until Ying Zheng knelt in front of Xue Ji's bed and asked "Aunt, are you going to abandon Zheng'er and uncle?" that Xue Ji recovered from her grief.
Xue Ji knew rationally that Zhu Xiang and Ying Zheng were the most important, but when human emotions overwhelmed, it was difficult to control them in a short period of time.
Lin Zhi still looked nonchalant, and seemed to have accepted Zichu's death in the best possible way.
Cai Ze, who is often tricked by Zichu, is surprisingly the one who expresses his emotions most openly.
After he finished handling Zichu's funeral, he fell ill and finally resigned from his position as prime minister.
Ying Zheng originally refused, but after visiting Cai Ze, he had no choice but to accept it.
Lin Zhi made fun of Cai Ze.
When Zichu was given to Cai Ze, Cai Ze always felt that Zichu was troublesome and wanted to climb over the wall and run away.
After the people who had caused trouble for Cai Ze left, Cai Ze felt uncomfortable again.
Cai Ze was so angry that he hit Lin Zhi with a medicine bowl.
Queen Dowager Huayang and Queen Dowager Xia were also very sad.
What made Empress Dowager Xia most sad was that although she felt empty inside, the fear and anxiety she felt about seeing her loved one die was actually greater than her sadness.
Although they are mother and son, the relationship between her and Zichu has become so distant.
The fact that she was not sad enough was a great blow to Queen Mother Xia. She was frantic in trying to compensate Ying Zheng and Cheng Jiao, and she never saw her family again. She didn't care when her relatives scolded her for being heartless.
Queen Mother Xia's cold rejection of her family woke Queen Mother Huayang up.
After Mi Ji gave birth to Fusu, the Chu royal relatives in the Qin court began to tremble again.
Given the vigilance of the Qin kings towards their concubines, it was impossible for Mi Ji to raise Fusu herself. The relatives of the Chu clan in the Qin court persuaded the Queen Mother Huayang to raise Fusu so that he could get close to the Chu people.
Even if King Zheng of Qin wanted Changping Jun to teach Fusu, he could do the same as Cheng Jiao and wait until Fusu grew up before asking Changping Jun to be his teacher.
Queen Dowager Huayang was moved.
But after seeing Queen Dowager Xia's behavior, Queen Dowager Huayang immediately drove out her family.
When Ying Zheng first ascended the throne, he needed the support of his elders. As for raising a child, the King of Qin could give the child to whoever he wanted, and he only needed to show his support.
Compared to Fusu, she cares more about the health of her good friend Xue Ji.
There is no such thing as a grand empress dowager nowadays. Even if a queen dowager has survived several monarchs, she is still a queen dowager.
After Zhao Ji was deposed, there were still only two queen dowagers in the Qin State.
The court officials had tried to test the King of Qin, hoping to use filial piety to hold him hostage and force him to re-confer the title of Duke of Zhao upon Concubine Zhao.
Of course, they had no good feelings towards Zhao Ji. They just wanted to find an excuse to get close to the king and test his character.
It would be even better if this could cause discord between Changping Jun and the King of Qin.
The six eastern states were in turmoil, and Qin was not a monolithic state. There were many officials fighting for power at critical moments in the country.
They were already prepared for a debate with the King of Qin, but they did not expect that King Zheng of Qin was completely different from King Renwen of Qin and Prince Chu of Qin. He did not debate with them at all, but directly demoted all those who had asked for the title of Zhao Ji to guard the tomb of Prince Chu of Qin, and asked them to ask Zichu for his opinion and then come back to tell him.
King Zheng of Qin took the opportunity to demote a group of old ministers and promote new officials.
The new officials were all from the Xianyang Academy and had been practicing in Southern Qin for many years. King Zheng of Qin knew their abilities.
After King Zheng of Qin promoted a group of local officials from Southern Qin to the court, he wanted to recall Li Bing and Meng Wu as well. However, thinking of the importance of Shu County and Southern Qin, he gave up the idea and just praised the two of them. Then he asked Li Bing to send Erlang, who was most familiar to him, back to Xianyang to serve as his eunuch.
Meng Yi, who was studying abroad, had already returned to Qin when the country was hit by a locust plague.
When he returned to China, he and his classmates witnessed the tragic situation in their country and no longer had any hesitation about Qin's unification of the world.
Meng Yi's family had been in Qin for three generations, so he could be considered a native Qin person. Other students whose fathers had just come to Qin, or who had just come to Qin, had a much stronger sense of loyalty and identification with the King of Qin and the Qin State because of this trip.
After Meng Yi returned to Xianyang, he was also promoted by King Zheng of Qin to be an internal official.
Unfortunately, the descendants of Lin Zhi, Cai Ze and Li Mu, whom King Zheng of Qin valued most, were not old enough or talented enough to enter officialdom, so he had to wait at least ten years.
King Zheng of Qin wanted to bring Zhang Liang to his side, but Zhang Liang chose to stay in Southern Qin.
Southern Qin left the crown prince, and Qin's control over it was greatly weakened.
The current county divisions in Southern Qin are different from those in the Qin State in Zhu Xiang’s previous life.
The area that was originally Kuaiji County has now become Wu County, and Wu County and Nan County divided the original Jiujiang County's territory south of the Yangtze River.
The area between the Huai River and the Yangtze River used to be Jiujiang County and part of Xue County, but now it has all become Jiujiang County.
The governor of Wu County, Qin Shi Huang's "base camp", became Fuqiu, and the governor of Jiujiang County became Li Si.
Han Fei replaced Zhu Xiang's former position, touring various places in Southern Qin, supervising the county governors of Southern Qin, and coordinating all affairs of Southern Qin.
In this era, one's background does have a great impact on one's ability. Although Han Fei was just an unpopular young master of Han, his vision was indeed slightly higher than that of Li Si, who was born a minor official, and Fuqiu, who was born a businessman.
Li Si was very depressed and could only comfort himself that the prefect of Jiujiang County was also a high-ranking official, which was not bad.
He was eager to get the Jiujiang County under control and let King Zheng of Qin see that he was more capable than Han Fei.
Li Si was originally a man who loved to enjoy himself, but now he has smoothed out his love for enjoyment in the internal circulation. He steps into the countryside every day, determined to emulate Changping Jun and Prince Zheng.
Han Fei often told Zhang Liang to learn from his close friend Li Si. What they lacked was a down-to-earth attitude. Li Si was such a simple and steady person.
Zhang Liang nodded repeatedly.
Although his confidant was in Southern Qin, King Zheng of Qin was still a little worried.
He set his sights on Cheng Jiao.
He only has this one brother. Before Fusu grows up, it is only natural for Cheng Jiao to guard Southern Qin for his brother, right
Cheng Jiao immediately hid in the Empress Dowager Huayang's palace and refused to come out. Empress Dowager Xia also came to the Empress Dowager Huayang's palace to help Cheng Jiao guard the door.
Cheng Jiao is still so young, how can he go to Nanqin alone
no!
No matter what King Zheng of Qin said, it was of no use. He could only remember Cheng Jiao's mistake in his heart and return home in embarrassment.
He complained to Zhu Xiang: "Uncle, if Cheng Jiao continues like this, he will really become the dandy boy you described!"
Zhu Xiang was making medicine for Xue Ji while he said, "Cheng Jiao is still young. Not everyone is like you, Zheng Er. Please be more patient."
Although Ying Zheng had become the King of Qin, he specifically told Zhu Xiang and Xue Ji that Zheng'er was Zheng'er, just like the two queen mothers still called him Zheng'er, and elders did not need to be polite. Zhu Xiang and Xue Ji could not kneel to him.
Zhu Xiang and Xue Ji never attended court, and rarely encountered situations where they needed to kneel down and kowtow to the King of Qin, so the ministers didn't care.
Qin Wangzheng complained: "You didn't treat me like this before!"
Zhu Xiang said: "This is called teaching students in accordance with their aptitude. If you were like Cheng Jiao, I wouldn't let you do too much."
After receiving his uncle's indirect praise, King Zheng of Qin returned home satisfied.
Zhu Xiang sighed and shook his head.
Zheng'er has become the King of Qin, but he still needs someone to coax him.
But everyone likes to hear nice words, and King Zhaoxiang of Qin also likes to be coaxed.
Zhu Xiang slowly fanned the stove with a fan, and the unpleasant smell of medicine filled the entire room.
When he smelled the medicine, Xia Tong's figure somehow appeared in front of him.
After a moment's pause, Zhu Xiang came to his senses and continued to fan the fire.
After feeding Xue Ji the medicine and stuffing a candy into her mouth, Zhu Xiang returned to the study to sort out the documents.
After Cai Ze temporarily resigned from the position of prime minister, Lin Zhi took over the position and he temporarily took over Lin Zhi's position as prime minister.
But he was only helping Zheng'er now. After Cai Ze recovered from his illness, he would still resign from his official position in the court.
Inspecting Qin's fields for Zheng'er was the thing where he could best utilize his strengths.
As I was tidying up, it was already late at night.
Zhu Xiang dozed off for a while and was woken up by someone.
"I asked you to be my prime minister but you refused. But Zheng'er asked you to be the prime minister and you agreed?" Xia Tong said sourly as he flipped through the documents on Zhu Xiang's case.
Zhu Xiang woke up with a start, and then held his forehead with his hand: "I was beside you when you died. Why can't you just tell me what you are unwilling to accept? What are you doing in my dream?"
This was the first time he had a dream about the farewell of an old friend, and he knew so clearly that he was dreaming.
(End of this chapter)