14: Chapter 14 This is still my Great Qin, Ying Zheng was stunned, almost shouting "Aba aba aba!"

"Reporting to Your Majesty, yes."

The Shadow Guard's answer was something that Ying Zheng, Xia Wuche, and even Zhao Gao had never expected.

Did Young Master Hu Hai actually take the throne?!

Zhao Gao was ecstatic.

He didn't think the Shadow Guard was lying.

He knew Fusu too well; Fusu was a benevolent gentleman. Supporting Hu Hai's ascension was exactly the kind of thing Fusu would do.

"He actually let Hu Hai take the throne?"

The First Emperor's expression was quite a sight.

He clearly hadn't expected Fusu to do such a thing.

In his eyes, this was utterly ridiculous.

Fusu had summoned two hundred thousand troops from Guanzhong, entered Xianyang, and surrounded the residences of the imperial family, the Qin nobility, and all civil and military officials, causing turmoil throughout Guanzhong.

And in the end, instead of becoming Emperor himself, you pushed Hu Hai onto the throne.

What on earth is this!

Even the well-traveled and knowledgeable First Emperor, Ying Zheng, was bewildered.

After thinking for a long time, he still believed this was another outbreak of Fusu's benevolent nature.

Ying Zheng sighed; this son of his was truly benevolent to the point of stupidity.

This was also a major reason why he disliked Fusu.

A monarch cannot ascend to power through benevolence alone.

Politics has been cruel since ancient times.

"Dismissed."

The First Emperor waved his hand, wanting the Shadow Guard to leave.

His heart was weary; he wanted some peace and quiet.

With that idiot Hu Hai on the throne, the Great Qin he had worked so hard to conquer might not even last five years.

It wouldn't be impossible for it to collapse in a year or two.

The First Emperor had originally hoped for an emperor who could stabilize the court.

Without his suppression, the Remnants of the Six States would surely emerge to cause trouble.

If these Remnants of the Six States moved from the shadows to the light, it would be best if they gathered together so he could concentrate his forces and thoroughly eliminate the hidden threats to the Great Qin Empire.

But with that idiot Hu Hai managing the Great Qin Empire, the Remnants of the Six States wouldn't even need to overthrow Great Qin.

All the common people would likely rebel.

"Sigh!"

The First Emperor let out a long sigh.

He decided he would make a comeback after all.

"Your Majesty, that..."

The Shadow Guard said somewhat nervously, "This subordinate has not finished the report."

"Oh?"

Ying Zheng was slightly surprised.

The Shadow Guard said, "Young Master Fusu said that the Emperor of the Great Qin Empire will implement a Constitutional System."

"In the future, the Emperor of the Great Qin Empire will have no executive power, no military power, and no legislative power. It's some kind of constitutionalism..."

"The supreme power of the Great Qin Empire is the Collective Representative Assembly..."

"Great Qin will separate military and civil administration..."

"The executive branches of Great Qin will be divided into the Congress, the Judiciary Yuan, and the Legislative Yuan..."

"The Collective Representative Assembly will be held every five years. Officials will serve fixed terms, with each term lasting five years."

"After five years, a performance evaluation will be conducted. Only those with satisfactory performance can continue their tenure."

"Those with unsatisfactory performance will be demoted."

"Uh, uh, uh..."

Ying Zheng's eyes widened, his mouth hung open, and his expression was dazed; he was just short of muttering gibberish.

His heart was in a state of upheaval.

Is this still my Great Qin Empire?!

The First Emperor's worldview was about to shatter!

Isn't the Emperor the person with supreme power? How could he be constrained by a constitution?

He had never seen such a system.

This was truly a first since the beginning of time.

The First Emperor didn't know what would become of Great Qin with Zhao Fusu doing things this way.

He really wanted to stop it.

But he also knew that this way, while Hu Hai was the Emperor of the Great Qin Empire on the surface, the true ruler of the Great Qin Empire was actually Zhao Fusu!

No, Zhao Fusu should be called the Führer now.

Ying Zheng put his hands behind his back, a gratified smile appearing at the corners of his mouth.

According to this system of Zhao Fusu's, the power of this Führer was much greater than that of a mascot emperor like Hu Hai.

Wait, what power did Hu Hai even have left?

He would be the most frustrated emperor in history.

Ying Zheng laughed.

The Great Qin Empire had reached an extraordinary time.

Extraordinary times required extraordinary measures.

He steeled his heart and decided to let Zhao Fusu have free rein to see what changes would occur.

Ying Zheng also understood that even if he returned, he couldn't change the predetermined fate of the Great Qin Empire.

But Zhao Fusu was a variable; he might be able to change the destiny of the Great Qin Empire!

"Have people closely monitor Fusu's every move. I want to know everything he says."

"Yes."

The Shadow Guard nodded.

The eyes and ears of the Shadow Guards were everywhere in the court and even in the homes of every official, similar in nature to the Jinyiwei under Zhu Yuanzhang.

Xianyang Palace

Zhao Fusu had been standing for an hour.

In this era, there were no chairs like in later generations; one had to sit on their heels.

Hu Hai, kneeling at the head, had long since shifted into a splayed-leg sitting position.

That is to say, he was sitting casually on the ground.

The officials of the court all showed looks of displeasure.

Especially Chunyu Yue, who pointed at Hu Hai and shouted, "Indecent! Utterly indecent!"

Sitting with splayed legs was a very rude posture in the Qin Dynasty.

Because everyone's trousers were like modern sleeves, worn on the thighs, leaving the crotch uncovered.

So, the ancients used aprons to cover their crotches.

When sitting properly, the crotch wouldn't be exposed.

Sitting casually on the ground was equivalent to flashing everyone.

Chunyu Yue had seen Hu Hai flashing the civil and military officials; as a man who valued etiquette above all else, he naturally scolded him.

"Wait..."

Hu Hai looked extremely aggrieved and said, "Big Brother is also sitting on the ground."

"Why are you only scolding me?"

The corner of Zhao Fusu's mouth quirked up.

The reason was that Zhao Fusu had asked Wang Xia to make him a pair of Underpants.

He naturally wouldn't flash the civil and military officials in the court.

"Eighteenth Brother."

"You're exposed."

Fusu pointed at Hu Hai's lower body.

"Cough, cough, cough..."

Hu Hai quickly covered himself with his hands, his expression incredibly embarrassed.

Flashing the civil and military officials—even with Hu Hai's thick skin, he felt like he had suffered a social death.

"After the court session, I will find someone to make you a pair of Underpants," Zhao Fusu said.

"Oh, oh, okay..."

Although Hu Hai didn't know what Underpants were, he still said so gratefully.

"Our first Five-Year Plan is to ensure that every citizen of the Great Qin Empire has food to eat and can eat their fill."

"This!"

Zhao Fusu's proposal of this Five-Year Plan caused the civil and military officials in Xianyang Palace to frown deeply.

Li Si and Feng Quji looked at each other, both also frowning.

"Führer."

Li Si cupped his hands toward Zhao Fusu, who was sitting on the ground, and said, "If it were before our Qin State destroyed the six states, we could have ensured every citizen had food to eat and could eat their fill."

"But for our Great Qin to destroy the six states, years of grain reserves have long been exhausted."

"After pacifying the six states, although our Great Qin has had ten years without war,"

"Natural disasters such as severe droughts, earthquakes, heavy rains, and heavy snow have been constant. Grain production is insufficient, and major famines among the people are frequent."

"To ensure every citizen of the Great Qin Empire has food to eat and can eat their fill is no easy task!"

Zhao Fusu said, "I certainly know that making sure all twenty million people in our Great Qin Empire can eat their fill is not an easy thing."

"This is also why our first Collective Representative Assembly must set the goal of ensuring every citizen of the Great Qin Empire has food to eat and can eat their fill as our objective for the next five years."

"I hope that through our efforts, we can ensure every citizen of the Great Qin Empire has food to eat and can eat their fill."

"Young Master Fusu is merciful."

Li Si and Feng Quji couldn't help but say.

Zhao Fusu's words about letting every citizen of the Great Qin Empire eat their fill deeply moved Li Si.