The Qin Dynasty entered the game with love.

Chapter 189 The Xiongnu

The scenery beyond the Great Wall is indeed different from that of Xianyang; the endless sandstorms and howling winds are quite unique.

Meng Tian brought Fusu to welcome the arrival of the Imperial Preceptor.

Ying Ji looked at Fu Su, and he didn't resemble her at all as she remembered him.

"Fusu, take me for a tour of the border town."

Fusu disliked supernatural things, and he had already heard about the Feng Chan incident at Mount Tai. Now that he saw the Imperial Preceptor, who was just a woman, he felt a desire to offer some advice.

Fusu, accompanied by Yingji, walked through the border town. Although the people there were poor, they did not appear numb. On the contrary, when they saw Fusu, they would bow in return. As they walked along, they could roughly discern Fusu's ideal—still upholding the Confucian ideal of not picking up lost items on the road.

Fusu was very proud. His father did not believe him. He said that as long as the border town was the first to practice Confucianism and understand the importance of the common people, he would die without regret.

Ying Ji felt extremely resistant to the task of raising Qin Er Shi: "What the hell? Fu Su is completely different from when he was a child. When he was a child, at least he would govern with Confucianism on the outside and Legalism on the inside. Now he is directly practicing Confucianism and taking the ideas of the Zhou emperor as his own."

Perhaps it was related to Chunyu Yue's earnest teachings, and Ying Ji wanted to sigh again.

If only I had known, I would have secretly opened up Chunyu Yue's brain and taken a look years ago.

Otherwise, such a big hole would not have been left.

After mentally calculating the remaining points, I realized I didn't have enough and needed to be more careful.

After thinking for a long time, I still think that the most reasonable approach is to use a combination of punishment and education. Let some death row inmates in; those who can be exonerated can take advantage of the situation, while those who can't be exonerated can be used as whetstones for Fusu.

Once the plan is finalized, it will be implemented.

Before long, Fusu discovered that there were many people around him who needed to be saved.

Some had their wives and children taken by the Xiongnu, and they sought revenge, but were captured by the Xiongnu and forced to become bandits. They begged me to save them, and even praised me with righteous indignation.

There was a young woman who gave birth to seven children, but because she gave birth to daughters, she was divorced by her mother-in-law and was prepared to hang herself.

There is a son whose father committed a serious crime, killing an entire family. He knew it, but according to Confucianism, he could only take the blame for his father.

There's also the case of a superior embezzling fertile land from an ordinary citizen, murdering their entire family, knowing this himself, and secretly telling the victim. As a result, the victim killed the entire family who had informed on him, and the superior then pinned the blame on himself...

The reasons given were varied and all challenged Confucian principles. Not to mention that family matters are not for others to interfere in, but these people always made him lose face in public, so he could only ensure a thorough investigation.

But when it came to the conclusion, everyone had their own reasons, and in the end, Confucian rules prevailed.

However, Fusu soon discovered that his reputation was ruined. Almost no one dared to speak to him as kindly as before. Everyone was trembling with fear, just hoping not to offend him.

And no one ever sought his judgment again.

Fusu was foolish not to realize he had been tricked. He immediately questioned Meng Tian and learned that the common people were saying that Fusu was a pure and upright man who couldn't handle worldly affairs and could only judge wrongful convictions. People were now afraid to ask him to make decisions, and some would rather ask the Imperial Advisor than ask him.

Fusu frowned: "Everything I have done is exactly the same as what the Confucian sages said, so why is it different?"

Meng Tian knew that Gongzi Su was upright and honest, and acted with propriety and courtesy. But that was only in the presence of Confucian scholars of equal cultural background. These people were just poor people at the bottom of society.

Ten eggs, which were not particularly important to the young master, were already a rare delicacy among the common people.

Meng Tian couldn't say, but he gave Fusu a direction: "Young master, why don't you go to the Imperial Preceptor's place? The people of the border town seem to have a high opinion of the Imperial Preceptor."

Fusu was observed to be frowning.

Meng Tian quickly added, "Why don't we go and see if the Imperial Advisor is fooling the people? If something goes wrong, the young master can still salvage the situation."

Fusu thought about it and realized that this made sense.

After tidying myself up, I willingly fell into the trap set by Ying Ji.